What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.
Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.
There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.