“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
Good“To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture.”
Work“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
Good“If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.”
Truth“There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.”
Women“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Success“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Art“Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.”
Art“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
Art“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
Learning“Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
Art“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
Work“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
Money“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
Success“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
Art“Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.”
Work“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.”
Art“Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
Positive“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
Art“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.”
Art“It takes a long time to become young.”
Age“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
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