Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

I do not paint in front of but from within nature.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

The stuff of thought is the seed of the artist. Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush. As the eye functions as the brain's sentry, I communicate my innermost perceptions through the art, my worldview.

The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.