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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

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