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

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.

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

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

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

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

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

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