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

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

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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