“One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes.”

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

“Painting and writing are solitary arts.”

“The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.”

“Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.”