Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.

An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

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

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul

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