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

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

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

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

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.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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