The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.