Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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