“Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.”
“If I didn't, would you be happy with someone like me? If we met under different circumstances, would you?”
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances.The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.”
“Don’t be a critic. The critic is to art what the limp penis is to sex.”
“I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.”
“I just do the best I can under the circumstances.”