Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
The only thing I know is that I know nothing
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.
Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.
I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.
The painting has a life of its own
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.
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