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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

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

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

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

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

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.