Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.

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.

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.