Indian Artist Quotes

Amrita Sher-Gil

Raja Ravi Varma

Karen Pence

Manav Gupta

Modern art has led me to the comprehension and appreciation of Indian painting and sculpture. It seems paradoxical but I know for certain that had we not come away to Europe, I should perhaps never have realised that a fresco from Ajanta or a small piece of sculpture in the Musee Guimet is worth more than a whole Renaissance.'

Amrita Sher-Gil

The first couple of times we ran, I think there was a lot of ambition. We thought we could change the world, go to Washington. The second time we felt called... We just were different people. We were a lot more mature and it was a lot more of a calling.

Indian contemporary artists have not come to this standard. So I feel happy that I could present something to them. My work has a different meaning and something like this has never been done by any other Indian artist.

Light, for me is Hope. Colour, the Universe in which it exists.

Who knows if these very pictures, now painted for maharajas, will not find their way to the museums one day.

Raja Ravi Varma