Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'.

The one who cannot see that on Earth a big endeavor is taking place, an important plan, on which realization we are allowed to collaborate as faithful servants, certainly has to be blind.

Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.

There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it.

The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.

I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.