The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.