It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

Innovations, which are the births of time.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

I think that one of the things is that, if you are going to decide to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself. I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you to try and do. I feel that without a subject you automatically go back into decoration because you haven't got the subject which is always eating into you to bring it back - and the greatest art always returns you to the vulnerability of the human situation.