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

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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