“To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.”

“The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.”

“The perfection of art is to conceal art.”

“I paint with shapes.”

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”

“The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.”

“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”

“Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.”

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”

“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.”

“I owe much to mother. She had an expert’s understanding, but also approached art emotionally.”

“The temple of art is built in words.”

“Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.”

“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.”

“Imagination is the eye of the soul.”