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

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

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

So many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.

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.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

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.