There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.

Drawing is of the Spirit and color of the Senses.

The energy within you is stronger than ever for being held back, compressed, and said No to.

There are wonderful things in Jazz, the improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

All art worthy of the name is religious.

When an artist or student draws a nude figure with painstaking care, the result is drawing, and not emotion.

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.