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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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