When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible.

In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.

All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.

You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.

When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance of what they are doing, their work creates a stir in the world.

We are not here to do what has already been done.