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

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

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

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

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

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

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