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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

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

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

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