I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there’s one thing that’s dangerous for an artist, it’s precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art imitates nature as well as it can, as a pupil follows his master; thus it is a sort of grandchild of God.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.