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.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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