The Ability To Simplify Means

To Experience Visually, And To Transform Our Visual Experience Into Plastic Terms, Requires The Faculty Of Empathy.

The General Misunderstanding Of A Work Of Art Is Often Due To The Fact That The Key To Its Spiritual Content And Technical Means Is Missed. Unless The Observer Is Trained To A Certain Degree In The Artistic Idiom, He Is Apt To Search For Things Which Have Little To Do With The Aesthetic Content Of A Picture. He Is Likely To Look For Pure Representational Values When The Emphasis Is Really Upon Music-like Relationships.

I Can't Understand How Anyone Is Able To Paint Without Optimism. Despite The General Pessimistic Attitude In The World Today, I Am Nothing But An Optimist.

It Isn't Necessary To Make Things Large To Make Them Monumental; A Head By Giacometti One Inch High Would Be Able To Vitalize This Whole Space.

Art Is The Expression Of The Artist´s Overflowing Soul.