They must participate in an inner light which is not a reflection of a light from the outside world. No doubt there are many facile claims to the expressions “inner vision” and “inner light.” But here it is a painter speaking, a producer of lights. He knows from what heat source the light comes. He experiences the intimate meaning of the passion for red. At the core of such painting, there is a soul in combat—the fauvism, the wildness, is interior. Painting like this is therefore a phenomenon of the soul. The oeuvre must redeem an impassioned soul.
