Autumn ripens in the summer's ray.
Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.
I never decided to become an art forger. I was aware of my talent at an early age, and I used it foolishly. This developed over the years. In my heart, I don't see myself as a criminal.
The trick is to paint a picture that doesn't exist, and yet that fits perfectly into an artist's body of work.
One is a criminal to some people and an artist to others. I can understand that. In a legal sense, I am a convicted criminal.
Every philharmonic orchestra merely interprets the composer. My goal was to create new music by that composer. In doing so, I wanted to find the painter's creative center and become familiar with it, so that I could see through his eyes how his paintings came about and, of course, see the new picture I was painting through his eyes - before I even painted it.
For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.
You should do whatever feels right in your deepest heart. Feel deep as consciousness, open as water, now, and feel how to live with a wide-open heart. Feel how to live as love without bondage.
Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.
A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.
Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.