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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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