In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

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

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

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

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.