The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
Art is the lie that reveals truth.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Art is the signature of civilizations.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
Creativity takes courage.
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Art is the proper task of life.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.