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

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

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.