Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics.

When I don't feel in the mood for painting I go to the movies for a week or more. I go on a regular movie binge!

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

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

I once got a little camera to use for details of architecture and so forth but the photo was always so different from the perspective the eye gives, I gave it up.

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