1. “Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.”
2. “Make chance essential.”
3. “A line is a dot who that went for a walk.”
4. “The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.”
5. “Nature is so garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.”
6. “One eye sees, the other feels.”
7. “Color is a place where our brain and the universe meet.”
8. “All the things an artist must be: poet, explorer of nature, philosopher!”
9. “The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.”
10. “Art does not reflect what is seen, rather it makes the hidden visible.”
11. “It is a great difficulty and a great necessity to have to start with the smallest.”
12. “There is no substitute for intuition.”
13. “A single day is enough to make us a little or, another time, a little smaller.”
14. “Art makes something a lot more visible or audible.”
15. “Genius is the error in the system.”
