An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.
Expression is the only medium through which man can manifest himself creatively.
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.