Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

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

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

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

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

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

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

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