The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

Many receive a criticism and think it is fine; think they got their money's worth; think well of the teacher for it, and then go on with their work just the same as before. That is the reason much of the wisdom of Plato is still locked up in the pages of Plato.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.