The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

Do not think too deeply about these things - gradually they will become clearer to you

Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.

Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.

Nature always begins by resisting the artist, but he who really takes it seriously does not allow that resistance to put him off his stride; on the contrary, it is that much more of a stimulus to fight for victory.

Well, do you know what I hope for, once I allow myself to begin to hope? [...] That you find in your love for people something not only to work for, but to comfort and restore you when there is a need.