“Though a living cannot be made from art, art makes life worth living. It makes starving, living.”

“Our business in living is to become fluent with the life we are living, and art can help this.”

“It is the useless things that make life worth living and that make life dangerous too: wine, love, art, beauty. Without them life is safe, but not worth bothering with.”

“Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

“I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.”

“Art is sort of an experimental station in which one tries out living”

“Amidst all the attention given to the sciences as to how they can lead to the cure of all diseases and daily problems of mankind, I believe that the biggest breakthrough will be the realization that the arts, which are considered "useless," will be recognized as the whole reason why we ever try to live longer or live more prosperously. The arts are the science of enjoying life.”