Creativity takes courage.
You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.
We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Everything you can imagine is real.