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

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

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

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

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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.