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

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

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

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

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

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

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

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

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