“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”

“Painting taught literature to describe.”

“Love is a sacred silence.”

“Colour is the touch of the eye,Music to the deaf,A word out of darkness.”

“Where there is a true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.”

“Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence of snow.”

“...when a good poet is confronted with difficult facts that he knows to be true but also are inimical to poetry, he has no choice but to flee to the margins; it was...this very retreat that allowed him to hear the hidden music that is the source of all art.”