True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
