One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor

Art comes from joy and pain...But mostly from pain.

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.

It is better to have a good painting with ten holes than ten bad paintings without any holes.

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

Without fear and disease, my life would be like a boat without oars.