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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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