In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

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

I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.