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.

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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.

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

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