There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.
Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.
The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.
Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.
There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes.
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
I am exhausted if I don’t work.
Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter’s soul.
Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.
Let’s build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.
People might look at you a bit funny, but it’s okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.
It’s hard to see things when you’re too close. Take a step back and look.