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

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

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

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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.

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

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

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