Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.

Never think of the surface except as an extension of a volume.

The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art.

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.

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

Being an artist is celebrating life.

I have always liked drawing, when you draw you see things more intensely.