The beauties of conception are always superior to those of expression.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Every time somebody says 'Islamophobia' it gives the people who are intimidating cover.

Nobody had noticed, nobody had paid attention, but, as usual, the essential part of the matter had been settled before the story had begun, and by then it was too late.

Femininity is a lot of power. It's allure. And the moment you start competing directly with a man, it's not that fun.

If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified.

I'm not saying that I don't like the success of the job, but I really like going to work every day and I really like coming home and feeling satisfied with what I did today.

A man may publish anything which twelve of his countrymen think not blamable.

Morons. I've got morons on my team.