There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

There's no love without pain.

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.

Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.

The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.