Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.

Drawing is the honesty of art.

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.

Do not concern yourself with other people. Concern yourself with your own work alone.

A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

Draw lines - draw a lot of lines

The exhibition has now become no more than a bazaar where mediocrity spreads itself out with impudence. The exhibitions are useless and dangerous... they ought to be abolished.

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all sons of Homer.

This very moment calls for you to rise to the test and show your challenges what you are truly made of.

Us investigators who went out into the field were faced on occasion with a lot of anger, by people saying why has it taken you five or six year to come and see me?

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

The devil doesn't care how big your church is - he cares how influential it is.

Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying. You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

Normality is the ability to learn by experience, to be flexible, and to adapt to a changing environment.

If you decide you're going to do the piece, you're doing it because you love the writing.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.