I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment.

But I think the most harmful change brought about by Victorian science in our attitude to nature lies in the demand that our relation with it must be purposive, industrious, always seeking greater knowledge.

The ordinary man is the curse of civilization.

But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.

The price of tapping water into every house is that no one values water any more.

I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart.