Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

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