Art does not reproduce the visible rather, it makes visible.

Art does not reproduce the visible; it makes visible.

Art does not reproduce what we see. It makes us see.

L’art ne reproduit pas le visible, il rend visible.

Art does not render what is visible, but renders visible.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see

Kunst gibt nicht das Sichtbare wieder, sondern Kunst macht sichtbar.

Art is not what you see but what you make others see

Art is something given, not reproduced... the painter paints what he sees with his innermost senses, the expression of his being.. every other impression becomes, for him, an inner expression.

Art is something you don’t just reproduce—what you see everyday doesn’t seem to be inspiring to them. But you do something with it so that it’s not bound by the law of reality. My work has always had that influence. I’ve never felt that it was necessary at all to write realistic plays…

Art is not imitation but illusion.

Art does not imitate, but interpret. It searches out the idea lying dormant in the symbol, in order to present the symbol to men in such form as to enable them to penetrate through it to the idea. Were it otherwise, what would be the use or value of art?

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's individual value-judgments.