Egon Schiele

I am so rich that I must give myself away.

I want to be alone with my own thoughts, my own feelings, my own body.

I am a human being, I love death and I love life.

Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.

I do not want to be a modern artist. I want to be an eternal artist.

I paint the light that comes from all things.

I paint the soul, not the body.

I paint the inner life, not the outer appearance.

I paint the truth, not the beautiful.

I paint the ugly, because it is also true.

I paint the suffering, because it is also part of life.

I paint the joy, because it is also part of life.

I paint the love, because it is also part of life.

I paint the fear, because it is also part of life.

I paint the loneliness, because it is also part of life.

I paint the death, because it is also part of life.

I paint the life, because it is all that there is.

I paint myself, because I am a part of life.

I paint my soul, because it is all that I have.

I paint my body, because it is the vessel of my soul.