"A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament."

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."

"Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait."

"A great artist is always before his time or behind it."

"It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work."

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."

"If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it."

"If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it."

"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."