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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.