Color is only beautiful when it means something.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.

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

Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

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

Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction.