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

Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.

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.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

There is no progress in art.

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