Giorgio Morandi

"..before I die I should like to bring two paintings to completion. What matters is to touch the limit, the essence of things."

"..my favorite artist, when I first began to paint, was actually Cézanne. Later, between 1920 – 1930, I developed a great interest in Chardin , w:Vermeer and Corot, too.. ..that's why you have been abl…"

"Though aware of just how hard it will be to attain the distant goal I have glimpsed, I am sustained by the certainty that the path I am following is the right one. I repudiate nothing in my past.. .Co…"

"I suppose I remain.. ..a believer in Art for Art's sake rather than in Art for the sake of religion, of social justice or of national glory. Nothing is more alien to me than an art which sets out to s…"

"My only source of instruction has always been the study of works, whether of the past or contemporary artists, which can offer us an answer to our questions if we formulate these properly.. .I would n…"

"I have been fortunate enough to lead.. ..an uneventful life. Only on very rare occasions have I ever left Bologna, my native city, and the surrounding province of Emilia. Only twice, for instance, hav…"

"He just jumps in before he knows how to swim."

"..it is only in this way, or almost, that a portrait can be painted today all the things punt into the picture have the same importance, they are in the right place."