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

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

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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