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.

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

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.

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

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a groove, a rut, that hampers your growth. You think you can fix your course and move straight along it. But sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.

Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.