I cannot draw a human figure if I don't know the order of his bones, muscles or tendons. Same is that I cannot draw a human face if I don't know what's going on his mind and heart. In order to paint life one must understand not only anatomy, but what people feel and think about the world they live in. The painter who knows his own craft and nothing else will turn out to be a very superficial artist.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

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

Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.

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

He who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.