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

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

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

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

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

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

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.

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

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