Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense.

It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.

I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know.

You are one of my nicest thoughts.

Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it's all you have. Lose it and you lose yourself and everything else. I should have listened to myself.

His letters ... have been like fine cold water when you are terribly thirsty.

Dearest - my body is simply crazy with wanting you - If you don't come tomorrow - I don't see how I can wait for you - I wonder if your body wants mine the way mine wants yours - the kisses - the hotness - the wetness - all melting together - the being held so tight that it hurts - the strangle and the struggle.