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.

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.

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

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.

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.