The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

Inspiration is intention obeyed.

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs.

The spirit must be felt so intensely that it has power to call others in passing, for it must pass, not stop in the pictures.

There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.

The foolish square calves pretend to be frightened of our train. Bluffers! Haven't they seen it every day since they were born? It's just an excuse to shake the joy out of their heels.

You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming.