Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'

Religion will never show the way.