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

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

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

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

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

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.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.