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

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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

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

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

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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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