1.
When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes.
Amedeo Modigliani
When I comprehend your essence, I will portray your gaze.
2.
With one eye you are looking at the outside world, while with the other you are looking within yourself.
Amedeo Modigliani
Peer outwardly with one eye while introspecting with the other.
3.
What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.
Amedeo Modigliani
I am in search of not the tangible and not the intangible, but rather the subconscious, the enigma of the instinctive in humankind.
4.
It is your duty in life to save your dream.
Amedeo Modigliani
Fulfill your ambition.
5.
Happiness is an angel with a serious face
Amedeo Modigliani
Contentment is a cherub with an earnest countenance.
6.
What I look for is neither reality nor unreality but the subconscious, the instinctive mystery of the human race.
Amedeo Modigliani
I seek not fact nor fiction, but the subliminal, the inborn enigma of humanity.
7.
Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creation but from the standpoint of what has moved and agitated its creator.
Amedeo Modigliani
8.
The function of art is to struggle against obligation.
Amedeo Modigliani
9.
I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps.
Amedeo Modigliani
10.
You are not alive unless you know you are living.
Amedeo Modigliani
11.
Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work.
Amedeo Modigliani
