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.

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.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

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

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

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

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