Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.

The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.

Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.