“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”

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

“If Botticelli were alive today he’d be working for Vogue.”

“Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.”

“You begin with the possibilities of the material.”

“I cry out for order and find it only in art.”

“Every artist writes his own autobiography.”

“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.”

“Fine art is knowledge made visible.”

“What is art but a way of seeing?”

“Things are beautiful if you love them.”

“The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.”

“The temple of art is built in words.”

“Believe it or not, I can actually draw.”

“Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.”