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.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.

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.

Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction.

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.

I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul