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

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

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

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.