Francisco Goya

I have no master but nature.

The artist must be a rebel.

Life is a dream, and death is an awakening.

The only thing I fear is fear itself.

I paint what I feel, not what I see.

The truth is always bitter.

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

I have seen the horrors of war, and I have painted them.

The artist must be a prophet.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

I am a man of my time, and I paint what I see.

The greatest enemy of art is the good.

Painting is a silent poetry.

I have no illusions about humanity.

The artist must be a mirror of his age.

The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

I paint with my heart, not with my hand.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

Art is a way of escaping from the world, but also of entering it more deeply.

I have always sought to express the truth, however ugly it may be.