The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state.

When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.

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

What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.

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

The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.