The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others.

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

In certain books—some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother.

The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.