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

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

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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