The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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.

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

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

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

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