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.

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

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

There is no progress in art.

Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.

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.