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.

We are part of the world creation, and we ourselves create nothing. Our knowledge allows us to make use of all the forces already in existence, our art to interpret emotions already felt. One big war, an epidemic, and we collapse into ignorance and darkness, fit sons of chimpanzees.

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.

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

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

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