The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also…

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My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

One fine day as my mother was putting the bread in the oven, I went...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

One day a student asked Taiga, What is the most difficult part of painting? Taiga...

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around...

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around...

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it -...

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it -...

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

My mother's love for me was so great I have worked hard to justify it.

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

The fingers must be educated, the thumb is born knowing.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides...

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides...

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they...

I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they...

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it

What Oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.

What Oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.