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

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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

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

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

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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

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.