Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made read more

There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by read more

All the arts which belong to polished life have some common tie,
and are connect as it were by some relationship.
[Lat., Etenim omnes artes, quae ad humanitatem pertinent, habent
quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione quadam inter se
continentur.]

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.

Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling.