I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.

And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.

There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.