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

Finished persons are very common - people who are closed up, quite satisfied that there is little more to learn

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.

Paint like a fiend when the idea possesses you.

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.

All is as beautiful as we think it.

Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.