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

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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

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

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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

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