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

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

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

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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