The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow.