"Ottoman miniature painting gave up the warmth, the whimsy, the theatricality, and the multiple meanings of Iranian ar…"

"One question conditions the dynamics and balance of color in the composition of a painting: whence the source of light?"

"The form of my painting is the content."

"Monet and Renoir... concentrated... on the waters of the Seine sparkling... dissolving solid forms into dazzling patc…"

"The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad originals."

"The picture that approaches sculpture nearest Is the best picture."

"The ornamental borders framing the miniature paintings seem to be inspired by the decorative designs on the Mughal ca…"

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

"Le Bain... has proved as defiant in execution as it had been in conception... [H]e abandoned , a technique perfected …"

"Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noontide ray Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of t…"