All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed.

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.

In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?

Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

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

Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.