An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

What we know of others is our personal secret.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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