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

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

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

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

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

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

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 artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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