Art is man expression of his joy in labor.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Every good painter paints what he is.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.