In The End There Is Only Matisse.

You Can't Escape Your Own Period. Whether You Take Sides For Or Against, You're Always In It.

If I Had Known There Was Such A Thing As Islamic Calligraphy, I Would Never Have Started To Paint. I Have Strived To Reach The Highest Levels Of Artistic Mastery, But I Found That Islamic Calligraphy Was There Ages Before I Was.

To Be Young, Really Young, Takes A Very Long Time.

It Is Not What An Artist Does That Counts...but What He Is.

Can You Imagine Me Calling Myself "ruiz"? "pablo Ruiz"? "diego-josé Ruiz"? Or "juan-népomucène Ruiz"? I Was Given I Don't Know How Many Names.