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

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

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

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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

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