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

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

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

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

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

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

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

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

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

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