“If a man is not sure of his future, he should consciously adjust his thinking.”

“There ain't a man in the world cares about a woman's past until he's thinking of her in his future.”

“I am not concerned with the moron, the ordinary hairless ape, who takes everything in his stride; his only childhood memory is of a mule that bit him; his only consciousness of the future a vision of board and bed. What I am thinking of is the man of imagination and science, whose courage is infinite because his curiosity surpasses his courage.”

“Ideally a painter (and, generally, an artist) should not become conscious of his insights: without taking the detour through his conscious reflection, his progressive steps, mysterious even to himself, should enter so swiftly into the work that he is unable to recognize them in the moment of transition.”

“Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.”

“Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.”