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

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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

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

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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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