If a work of art is a projection of feeling, its kinship with organic nature will emerge, no matter through how many transformations, logically and inevitably.

Only a creature that can think symbolically about life can conceive of its own death. Our knowledge of death is part of our knowledge of life.

value exists only where there is consciousness. Where nothing ever is felt, nothing matters.

All persistent practices in art have a creative function. They may serve several ends, but the chief one is the shaping of the work.

A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas.

The high intellectual value of images, however, lies in the fact that they usually, and perhaps always, fit more than one actual experience.

common sense is a very tricky instrument; it is as deceptive as it is indispensable.