“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”

“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.”

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”

“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.”

“A painting that is well composed is half finished.”

“One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.”

“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.”

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”

“In art, the obvious is a sin.”

“Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.”

“To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.”

“And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.”