I do not believe in the art which is not the compulsive result of man's urge to open his heart.

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church..

A work of art can only come from the interior of man. Art is the form of the image formed upon the nerves, heart, brain and eye of man..

I sense a scream passing through nature. I painted ... the clouds as actual blood. The colour shrieked..

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw..

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul..

My will exceeds my talents..

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity..

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood..

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life..

Art comes from joy and pain...But mostly from pain..

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive f….

A work of art comes only from inside a human being..

Through my art I have tried to explain my life and its meaning. I have also intended to help others to clarify their lives..

Just as Leonardo da Vinci studied human anatomy and dissected corpses, so I try to dissect souls..

From the moment of my birth, the angels of anxiety, worry, and death stood at my side, followed me out when I played, followed me in the sun of sprin….

What is art? Art grows from joy and sorrow, but mostly from sorrow. It grows from human lives..

Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash..

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love..

My art is rooted in a single reflection: why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life..

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love..