I have painted enough to have a lot of respect for mediocre painters. It's really hard.

Beauty is not a concept. It is the animal joy of the mind.

It's my duty to sell the ideas. But there's always a question when it comes to beauty.

There is an ineffable but fatal difference in attitude between people behaving naturally and people behaving naturally for a camera.

Beauty is a physiological reaction. Beauty is not an object.

Art is always subject to change in a moment by somebody who's strong enough to shed new light on it.

Matisse can make you hate your life for its comparatively insipid joys.