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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

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.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.