A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

Drawing is the honesty of art.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone.

Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.