The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.

One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.

Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.

I am a great artist and I know it, it is because I am that I have been able to endure so much suffering.

When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.

I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue - which is what many people think I am, for that matter.