No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.