The Trouble With Being Poor Is That

The Trouble With Being Poor Is That It Takes Up All Your Time.

If You're An Artist, The Problem Is To Make A Picture Work Whether You Are Happy Or Not.

The Idea Of Space Is Given To The Artist To Change If He Can. The Subject Matter In The Abstract Is Space.

Art Never Seems To Make Me Peaceful Or Pure. I Always Seem To Be Wrapped In The Melodrama Of Vulgarity. I Do Not Think... Of Art As A Situation Of Comfort.

I Read Somewhere That Rubens Said Students Should Not Draw From Life, But Draw From All The Great Classic Casts. Then You Really Get The Measure Of Them, You Really Know What To Do. And Then, Put In Your Own Dimples. Isn't That Marvelous!