Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes.

I seek a form of language which will express my ideas for our time.

The secret is to throw yourself into the water of life again and again, not to hang back, no reservations, risk everything, but above all strike out boldly with all you have.

The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.

When something is finished, that means it's dead, doesn't it? I believe in everlastingness. I never finish a painting - I just stop working on it for a while.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

Movement is the translation of life, and if art depicts life, movement should come into art, since we are only aware of living because it moves.

Dreams form the bristles of the artist's brush.

Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint.

If Picasso drips, I drip... For a long while I was with Cezanne, and now I am with Picasso.

I do not paint in front of but from within nature.

Good men are often more practical than pretty " said Mother. "Andrius just happens to be both.

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.

Having a life is easy. Having a career is hard to come by.

But I can still lick the spoon!

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

Our faith is an astounding thing-astounding that I should believe him to be the Son of God who is suspended on the cross, whom I have never seen, with whom I have never become acquainted.

A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

If I ever play Hamlet, it'll be in a dress!

A democracy barely functions under the neoliberal system.