If one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?
Every work of art belongs to his time. I would not paint again the Mona Lisa in the third dimension.
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
A script can just be a blueprint, and you've got to go in and build it and color it in and paint it.
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.