Saryan loved sharing his thoughts about the essence of creative work and art. The artist’s thoughts expressed orally or in writing are notable for particular poetics and deep philosophical essence. In his wise reflections, Saryan refers to many issues of aesthetical perception of our time. Revealing the secrets of artistic mastery, he teaches to look with the eyes and see with the heart.

Art is a living and eternal assertion of life and triumph of creative talent of a human being. Art is born in an inseparable relationship of a human with nature and soil. It can be old and new, depending on how much a man embodies the generalized intellectual and aesthetical experiences of humankind and on how different a man is today from what he used to be in the past.

Art is the aspiration of a man towards immortality and it is his will to live forever. There are people, however, who prefer a photograph over a portrait. There are people who more or less in touch with art but lag behind from the pace of life and are resistant to modern art. The former, unfortunately, do not comprehend that grasping any painting requires mastering the culture and harmony of vision. The latter do not perceive art in its historical motion and live without realizing their time.

Style is the artist himself. It is a creative personality. It is undisputable. However, also it is undisputable that every artist is a part of a definite epoch. If he lags behind then oftentimes it is needless to talk about his style.

In nature everything is initially animated. Everything is in the process of becoming. Even a stone is not thrown by chance. It lies as if it lives.

A human being is nature itself. Nature creates a human being to have a look at oneself with the eyes of a human being, to cognize oneself and be amazed at ones own beauty. This is the enormous happiness of a human being: the great and eternal nature and a small creature having nature’s endless grace inside.

Color is a real miracle. It is happiness. Is it not amazing to see nature so colorful? Less than a half a century ago artists painted mostly in grey colors, but impressionists opened the eyes of those who were resistant to color.

There are two significant factors - color and light. When used appropriately the soul of a form can be created.

Colors, just like people, have a unique individuality which must be respected. Colors used for a painting should be like soloists in a band and not like choristers. What sort of pleasure is it to see a faceless crowd instead of separate interesting faces? If the natural color of an object is, for instance, blue, and color correlations of the painting require it to be red (or any other color), then it is possible to transform it to red.

The ability to amaze is a grate gift... The ability to amaze leads to the revelation of the truth. Look around; look at the wonderful world we live in. It is the beginning of everything: plants, animals, men and enables us to live, see and feel.