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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

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