An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
