The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.

There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love.

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.