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

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

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

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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

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

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

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

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