“Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further.”

“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”

“My belief is that art should not be comforting; for comfort, we have mass entertainment and one another. Art should provoke, disturb, arouse our emotions, expand our sympathies in directions we may not anticipate and may not even wish.”

“Works of art imitate and provoke other works of art, the process is the source of art itself.”

“To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.”

“Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not to irritate by vexatious commands or place unreasonable blame. Whenever possible they should give encouragement rather than remonstrance or reproof.”