It Is Not What An Artist Does

When I Am Told I Am Too Old To Do Something, I Try To Do It Right Away.

If I Had Known There Was Such A Thing As Islamic Calligraphy, I Would Never Have Started To Paint. I Have Strived To Reach The Highest Levels Of Artistic Mastery, But I Found That Islamic Calligraphy Was There Ages Before I Was.

A Painting Only Lives In The Eye Of The Beholder

Success Is Dangerous. One Begins To Copy Oneself, And To Copy Oneself Is More Dangerous Than To Copy Others. It Leads To Sterility.

One Does A Whole Painting For One Peach And People Think Just The Opposite - That Particular Peach Is But A Detail.