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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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