Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with y…

In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest t…

A good American makes propaganda for whatever existence has forced him to become.

A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear…

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.