Can you imagine me calling myself "Ruiz"? "Pablo Ruiz"? "Diego-José Ruiz"? Or "Juan-Népomucène Ruiz"? I was given I don't know how many names.

Art is a leap into the dark.

Art is the best possible introduction to the culture of the world. I love it for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch. It washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

All art is subversive.