I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

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

I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart

Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes.

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

Your face encompasses the beauty of the whole earth. Your lips, as red as ripening fruit, gently part as if in pain. It is the smile of a corpse. Now the hand of death touches life. The chain is forged that links the thousand families that are dead to the thousand generations to come.