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

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

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

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

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

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

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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