The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

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

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

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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

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