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

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

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

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.