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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

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.

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

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

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