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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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

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

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

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

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.