The eyes are hammers.

The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental.

The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.

Black is like the silence of the body after death, the close of life.

An empty canvas is a living wonder - far lovelier than certain pictures.

In general, therefore, color is a means of exerting a direct influence upon the soul. Color is the keyboard. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many strings. The artist is the hand that purposefully sets the soul vibrating by means of this or that key.

Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul.