When The Artist Is Alive

To Be Free, To Be Happy And To Be Fruitful, Can Only Be Attained Through Sacrifice Of Many Common But Overestimated Things.

Manet Did Not Do The Expected. He Was A Pioneer. He Followed His Individual Whim. Told The Public What He Wanted It To Know, Not The Time Worn Things The Public Already Knew And Thought It Wanted To Hear Again. The Public Was Very Much Offended.

There Are People Who Buy Pictures Because They Were Difficult To Do, And Are Done. Such Pictures Are Often Only A Record Of Pain And Dull Perseverance. Great Works Of Art Should Look As Though They Were Made In Joy. Real Joy Is A Tremendous Activity, Dull Drudgery Is Nothing To It.

Why Do We Love The Sea? It Is Because It Has Some Potent Power To Make Us Think Things We Like To Think.

Art Is An Outsider, A Gypsy Over The Face Of The Earth.