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

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

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

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

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

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

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

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.