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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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

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

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

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.