If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived to reach the highest levels of artistic mastery, but I found that Islamic Calligraphy was there ages before I was.

For those who know how to read, I have painted my autobiography

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

I don't say everything, but I paint everything.

When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately.

I don't develop; I am.

I hate it when people pilfer my things.