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

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

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

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.

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

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

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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

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