My Models, My Human Figures,

Each Work Of Art Is A Collection Of Signs Invented During The Picture's Execution To Suit The Needs Of Their Position. Taken Out Of The Composition For Which They Were Created, These Signs Have No Further Use.

I Am Unable To Distinguish Between The Feeling I Have For Life And My Way Of Expressing It.

The Sign For Which I Forge An Image Has No Value If It Doesn't Harmonize With Other Signs, Which I Must Determine In The Course Of My Invention And Which Are Completely Peculiar To It.

Derive Happiness In Oneself From A Good Day's Work, From Illuminating The Fog That Surrounds Us.

Creation Is The Artist's True Function; Where There Is No Creation There Is No Art.