“When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.”

“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.”

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”

“The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.”

“When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money”

“But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination. ”

“To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.”