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

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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

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

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

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

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

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

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