Photograph by Maurice Perron ca. 1947 Photograph by Denise Colomb ca. 1953 "When I hesitate, I do not paint. When I paint, I do not hesitate." Photograph by John Craven ca. 1952 Photograph by John Craven ca. 1952 "I go to the barber on Sunday and to the Louvre on Monday" -days when both were closed Photograph by Loomis Dean ca. 1959 Photograph by Yousuf Karsh ca. 1965 " When a painter does a good painting, he does it in the throes of terror." "To progress is to destroy what we believed acquired." Photograph by Laszlo Photograph by Bruno Massenet ca. 1993 "In its organization, nature is my reference." Photograph by Maurice Perron ca. 1993 "If I could live without a passport, that could be ideal. What I love is to move about freely." * All images (c) by the respective photographers or their estates.