After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art.

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

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

A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.

The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness.

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