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

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

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

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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

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