Art's a staple. Like bread or wine or a warm coat in winter. Those who think it is a luxury have only a fragment of a mind. Man's spirit grows hungry for art in the same way his stomach growls for food.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Normal people do not create art.

Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.