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.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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

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

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.

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

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