If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

If you hear a voice within you saying, ''You are not a painter,'' then by all means paint… and that voice will be silenced.

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.

I dream my painting and then paint my dream.

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be a painter...

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing