“A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw.”

“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”

“There is no art without contemplation.”

“There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain and dull perseverance. Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it.”

“In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended.”

“All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.”

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