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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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

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

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

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

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

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