“The more minimal the art, the more maximum the explanation.”
“If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.”
“The people who make art their business are mostly impostors.”
“Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.”
“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”
“The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure”
“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.”
“The artist belongs to their work, not the work to the artist.”
“Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.”
“Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.”
“The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness.”
“The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.”
“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.”
“An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.”
“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.”
“Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.”
“It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.”
“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.”
“Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”
“The object of art is to give life a shape. [Midsummer Nights Dream]”
“A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.”
“Art never improves, but the material of art is never quite the same.”
“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.”
“What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”
“The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.”
“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.”
“Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.”
“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.”
“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.”
“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.”