People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

Unfortunately, young Russian artists are in a difficult position today. Painting, like all other arts, rests on a continuity of experience. More than anything, young painters and sculptors need to know the works of their immediate elders. Such a continuity does not exist here to a sufficient degree in the visual arts.

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.