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.

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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

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

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

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

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