“Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.”

“I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.”

“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.”

“Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.”

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”

“Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like hell. I do it so it feels real. I guess you could say I've a call.”

“Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.”

“All art is but imitation of nature.”

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.”

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.”

“Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.”

“Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.”

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”

“It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.”

“In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.”

“I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.”

“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.”

“All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul.”

“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.”