I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think of no more real life than the adventurous one of living and liking and exclaiming the things of one's own time.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

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.

There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.

The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.