Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.