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A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him.

There does not exist a painter who knows himself or knows what he is doing.

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.