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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

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

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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

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

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

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