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

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

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

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

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

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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