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.

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

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

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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