Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

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

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.