Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye to look round, And at folly or vice let it fly

I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.