The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so read more

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the read more

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a read more

You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.

Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong read more

Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong shade of oxblood that is known as Bruges red.