Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

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

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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

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

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

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

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

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

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