“If you know somethin’ well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin’ chickens.”

“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.”

“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”

“I’m not that obsessed with making representations of ugliness. Everything I’ve seen is beautiful.”

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

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”

“I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.”

“Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.”

“It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.”

“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”

“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.”

“Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.”

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

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”

“From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.”