When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and read more

When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed read more

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure -- if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to read more

The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure -- if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

I invent nothing, I rediscover.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.