“With time, one learns that one’s work is never finished.”

“One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands before them. They seem to be as inexhaustible and unpredictable as real human beings.”

“Perhaps the story you finish is never the one you begin.”

“I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.”

“One school is finished, and the time has come for another to begin.”

“That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it becomes to finish it.”

“A work of art is never finished. It is merely abandoned.”

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

“If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.”

“Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.”