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

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

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

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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

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

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

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