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

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

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.

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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

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

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

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