My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
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.
If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint.
When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.
Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.
I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!