All art is a revolt against man's fate.
In a world in which everything is subject to the passing of time, art alone is both subject to time and yet victorious over it.
To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.
As for the outside world, the artist is confronted by what he sees; but what he sees is primarily what he looks at.
The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.
The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.