Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's a serious part of our lives.
Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
In every work of art, the artist himself is present.
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.