He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting.–--Manet to Monet, on Renoir---

To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

We [artists] aren't people, not the way most people are. We're just...carriers. Little boats bringing goods from foreign lands.

What art seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.

With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.

Liebe Tochter, zum Geburtstag kriegst duHöchstens E-Mail mit Musik.An die harte Matratze schmiegst dudeine Wange. Kunst ist Krieg.

Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.

There are two characters in me: a doodler and a tuner. And the only thing that makes me go crazy is when they both fight for their turn.

The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.

The urge is always with me to retouch yesterday's canvas with today's paintbrush and cover the things that fill me with regret..

The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.

The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.