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

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

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

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

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

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

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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

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

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