I Am Interested In Art As A

The Object, Which Is Back Of Every True Work Of Art, Is The Attainment Of A State Of Being, A State Of High Functioning, A More Than Ordinary Moment Of Existence. In Such Moments Activity Is Inevitable, And Whether This Activity Is With Brush, Pen, Chisel, Or Tongue, Its Result Is But A By-product Of The State, A Trace, The Footprint Of The State.

The World Will See Many Fashions Of Art And Most Of The World Will Follow The Fashions And Make None. These Cults - These 'movements' - Are Absolutely Necessary, Or At Any Rate Their Causes Are, For Somewhere In Their Centres Are The Ones Who Bear The Idea, The Ones Who Have Questioned, 'but What Do I Think?' And 'how Shall I Say It Best?

Paint The Flying Spirit Of The Bird Rather Than Its Feathers.

The True Artist Regards His Work As A Means Of Talking With Men [and Women], Of Saying His Say To Himself And To Others. It Is Not A Question Of Pay.

Do Whatever You Do Intensely. The Artist Is The Man Who Leaves The Crowd And Goes Pioneering. With Him There Is An Idea Which Is His Life.