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.

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

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.

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.

I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.