If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.

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.

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.

More of me comes out when I improvise.

The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.

I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.

It's (the lack of communication between the people in his paintings, ed.) probably a reflection of my own, if I may say, loneliness. I don't know. It could be the whole human condition.

To me the most important thing is the sense of going on. You know how beautiful things are when you're traveling.

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

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.

We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!""So many rules in this century, " Vane muttered.

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.

Come! let us take a moment's shelter under some roof Look! there - before you, a little way off There is an empty space Between truth and falsehood.

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

Today I blame only certain agents for my long eclipse as a public entertainer.

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.