The essential in this time of moral poverty is to create enthusiasm.
Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.
It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.