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

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

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

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

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

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

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