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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

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

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

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