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

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

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

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

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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

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

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

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