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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.