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

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

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

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

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

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.