Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

Art always has something of the unconscious about it.

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

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

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer .

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: read more

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication

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

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

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper read more

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.
[Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis
Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]