Races and religions may have changed, but the marketplace, the living quarters, pilgrimage sites, places of worship, have remained the same. Venus is replaced by the Virgin, but the same life goes on.

I never calculate. That is why those who do, calculate so much less accurately than I.

Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? ...people who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.

Action is the foundation of all success.

Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.