Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

The only real influence I've ever had is myself.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

So much of every art is an expression of the subconscious that it seems to me most of all the important qualities are put there unconsciously, and little of importance by the conscious intellect. But these are things for the psychologist to untangle.