Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

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

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

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

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

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