To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
I think that most people think painters are kind of ridiculous, you know?
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
A painting is like a man. If you can live without it, then there isn't much point in having it.
I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective.
Every good painter paints what he is.
I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human.
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.
Being a painter is the only profession where you have to stand there with all your shortcomings on the wall.