Color is my daily obsession, my joy and my torment.

I wish I had been born blind and then recovered my sight, so I could paint without knowing what the objects before me were.

What I am looking for is neither the real nor the unreal, but the mystery of the instinct of the human race.

-- Amedeo Modigliani

I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

-- Vincent van Gogh

If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

-- Vincent van Gogh

I do not seek; I find.

-- Pablo Picasso

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

-- Pablo Picasso

Painting requires continuous thought and tireless labor.

-- Sandro Botticelli