The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.

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

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.

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

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort, for he believed the spirit's safety was in negation, but he has never given the world one minute's joy or produced one symbol of the beautiful order of nature. He sought peace in bondage and his spirit became a prisoner.