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

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

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

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.

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