“The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself.”

“As he went about to the other workrooms he realised that every painting was a self-portrait even when it was a still life or a scene over the roofs of Paris; for no man ever pictured anything but himself, his core, the things that he was basically. With every brush stroke the artist was mercilessly exposed: he could not conceal nothing, he could pretend to be another person, to believe in other values, but in the end he would fool no one.”

“No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.”

“Artists thrive on suffering.”

“The artist has to take risks.”

“Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.”

“Only suffering grows big artists.”