Quotes from Pierre Soulages

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose of a painting and of art in general.

I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an artist.

It's fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting.

Prehistoric art came to move me much more than Greek art. Greek art has beautiful women and handsome men, but I don't care.

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.