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.
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
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.
Expression is survival.
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Every artist was first an amateur.