“The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.”

“I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.”

“The form and color which guide men experienced in the study of the masters are not always recognized by laymen. Yet they can feel the genuineness of an artist's response to the life they know.”

“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.”

“But you will tell me this is an inartistic age, and we are an inartistic people, and the artist suffers much in this nineteenth century of ours. Of course he does. I, of all men, am not going to deny that. But remember that there has never been an artistic age, or an artistic people since the beginning of the world. The artist has always been, and will always be, an exquisite exception.”

“Only the mediocre artist is always at his best.”