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

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

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

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

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

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