Art philosophy Quotes

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." "Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs. " "There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. " "Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea."