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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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