Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
The more I paint, the more I like everything.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
To be an artist is to believe in life.
Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
Art is the most sublime mission of man since it is the expression of thought seeking to understand the world and make it understood.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Aestheticism is a search after the signs of the beautiful. It is the science of the beautiful through which men seek the correlation of the arts.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
The best artist has no conception that a marble block does not cover within itself.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
Aesthetic pleasure is not to be taken lightly; it's very important for the spirit and therefore for the health.