To Be An Artist Is To Believe

I Don't Know Of Any Good Work Of Art That Doesn't Have A Mystery.

Because A Work Does Not Aim At Reproducing Natural Appearances It Is Not, Therefore, An Escape From Life -- But May Be A Penetration Into Reality...as Expression Of The Significance Of Life, A Stimulation To Greater Effort In Living.

All Good Art Has Contained Both Abstract And Surrealist Elements, Just As It Has Contained Both Classical And Romantic Elements - Order And Surprise, Intellect And Imagination, Conscious And Unconscious. Both Sides Of The Artist's Personality Must Play Their Part.

The Observation Of Nature Is Part Of An Artist's Life, It Enlarges His Form [and] Knowledge, Keeps Him Fresh And From Working Only By Formula, And Feeds Inspiration.

A Sculptor Is A Person Obsessed With The Form And The Shape Of Things, And It's Not Just Ihe Shape Of Any One Thing, But The Shape Of Any Thing And Everything.