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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.