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.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

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

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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

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