What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own…

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When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows...

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to...

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous...

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove...

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.

I do not seek. I find.

I do not seek. I find.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always...

When you're green, you're growing, and when you're ripe, you're dead.

When you're green, you're growing, and when you're ripe, you're dead.