Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. [It is wise to be grateful of what we have while we have it.]

Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.

There is nothing greater than enthusiasm.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

I'm very grateful that I was too poor to get to art school until I was 21. . . I was old enough when I got there to know how to get something out of it.