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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

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

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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

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