True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

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

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

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

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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

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

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