Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
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.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
