The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words.

To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.

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

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to think it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone. But alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed somewhat you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life.

Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful. But all things await the sensitive and imaginative mind that may be aroused to pleasurable emotion at sight of them. This is beauty.