The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think of no more real life than the adventurous one of living and liking and exclaiming the things of one's own time.

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.

There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

A weak background is a deadly thing.