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

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

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

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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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