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

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

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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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.

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

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.