The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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

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

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

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

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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

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