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

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.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

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

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