The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.

Originality consists in returning to the origin.

Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.

Art that does not move the heart is not art.

-- Wu Daozi

Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

-- Auguste Rodin

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

-- Bertrand Russell

Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionary.

-- Paul Gauguin

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

The hidden harmony is stronger than the visible.

-- Heraclitus