Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

The principle of realism means denial of the ideal.

Beauty lies in nature and reveals, once the artist has perceived it, its own expressive power.

To be able to translate the customs, ideas and appearance of my times as I see them - in a word, to create a living art - this has been my aim.

When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.

It is fatal for art if it is forced into official respectability and condemned to sterile mediocrity.

All that is considered truth and undoubted will sooner or later get into the sub consciousness

When you fight yourself to discover the real you, there is only one winner.

Daring a greater life is a divine act.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

My girlfriend asked me if I only love her for her body. I said no, baby. Just parts of it.

Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.

Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I have made a conscious effort to not be where I don't want to be.

Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.

You should love one another and behave lovingly because when love comes, everything comes. You should speak to one another with love and humility. Love is the essence.

But monsters, I now know, come in all shapes and sizes, and only their appetite for human flesh defines them.