Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

Talk about life - but in your own way.

I put on my dream-cap one day and stepped into Wonderland.

I take back all I ever said about the Old Masters. They give great lessons.

Paint ideas, paint thought.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

Don’t kill her! Only maim her a little!

No poet or novelist wishes he was the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number believe their wish has been granted.

I think the socialist movement, by removing many, many people from grinding stagnation and poverty and overwork, does enable people not just to lead better lives but to be better people.

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

Nobody gives you a chance, you got to take chances.

Thanks, it's my own recipe. I use cheddar cheese instead of water.

Willie Nelson's the one who told me the reason it costs so much to get divorced is because it's worth it.

The key to my collections is sensuality.

Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.