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.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

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

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

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

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