“A truly great artist has many talents.”
“Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.”
“A young artist's career is a matter of claiming a place for oneself, of saying, "I am here." Having gone through that phase, a more mature artist can concentrate on truly developing talent and vision.”
“A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.”
“Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”
“Is it any wonder that no truly respectable society has ever trusted its artists?”