Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith read more

In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed read more

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

What is art but a way of seeing?.

What is art but a way of seeing?.