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

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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

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.

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

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.