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

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

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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