One Cannot Be A Sorcerer

I Am Always Doing That Which I Cannot Do, In Order That I May Learn How To Do It.

It Took Me Four Years To Paint Like Raphael, But A Lifetime To Paint Like A Child.

The People No Longer Seek Consolation In Art. But The Refined People, The Rich, The Idlers Seek The New, The Extraordinary, The Extravagant, The Scandalous. I Have Contented These People With All The Many Bizarre Things That Come Into My Head. And The Less They Understand, The More They Admire It. By Amusing Myself With All These Games, All This Nonsense, All These Picture Puzzles, I Became Famous... I Am Only A Public Entertainer Who Has Understood His Time.

Learn The Rules Like A Pro, So You Can Break Them Like An Artist.

Without Great Solitude No Serious Work Is Possible.