After all, the world is still great..

His mind was like a soup dish, wide and shallow; it could hold a small amount of nearly anything, but the slightest jarring spilled the soup into som….

God did not create us to abandon us..

He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us..

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh].

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen..

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness..

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out..

We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art..

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing..

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only..

How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropr….

From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have wi….

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it..

He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy….

Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry….

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti].

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes..

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death..

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book abou….

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist..