I don't paint things the way I see them, but the way I think them.

My work is like a diary. To understand it, you have to see how it mirrors life.

They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.

Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child