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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

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