There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.

Your style is the way you talk in paint.

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

Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing.

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

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.

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