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

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

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

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

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

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

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

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