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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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