Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.