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

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

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

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

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 highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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

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