Wisdom Quotes

"To judge art by the market is to judge music by silence."

"I have found that true nobility exists in the margins of society."

"The artist who claims he has perfected his craft has ceased to be an artist."

"In the faces of failure, I saw the features of my greatest teacher."

"Chaos is only confusion to the unprepared eye."

"The artist must trust his instincts above all else."

"I paint to make sense of the senseless."

"I have learned that suffering, properly channeled, becomes the greatest teacher of all."

"The difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad."

"Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go."

"The more talented someone is, the less they speak."

"One must know how to lose as graciously as one knows how to win."

"The only way to respond to an incompetent doctor is the same way you respond to lightning: avoid him."

"The difference between the sane and the insane is a matter of degree."

"The most important thing in the world is style and substance wrapped in mystery."

"When you are a genius, you do not have to think of others."

"Sometimes people let the same problem make them sad for years when they might say, so what, that's over, now what am I going to do."

"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning."

"You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you."

"Sometimes you have to travel far to understand what's right in front of you."

"I am following Nature without being able to grasp her."

"To see we must forget the name of the thing one sees."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"The artist's only duty is to render the world as he sees it."

"One day I will become skillful enough to be simple."

"My suffering has taught me to see more deeply."

"The most important thing is to observe carefully."

"The artist's greatest challenge is to see what is truly there."

"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me."

"I am a poor woman, rich in spirit."