“Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.”

“I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.”

“If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.”

“My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.”

“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”