“Art is man’s expression of his joy in labor.”

“Art is too serious to be taken seriously.”

“Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.”

“One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.”

“Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.”

“My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.”

“The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.”

“Art is pattern informed by sensibility.”

“Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”

“A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.”

“Man lives by imagination.”

“Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.”

“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

“Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.”