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

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

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

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

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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.