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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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