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

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

“Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.”

“Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.”

“There is no art without contemplation.”

“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.”