Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion.
To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
It's not what the artist does that counts; it's what he is.
If I were to sign it now, I'd be committing forgery. I'd be putting my 1943 signature on a canvas painted in 1922.