Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.

Real mathematics must be justified as art if it can be justified at all.

True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

Mediocre art is far worse than bad art. Bad art does not waste our time.

Art always penetrates the particular fissures in one's psychic life.

In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way.

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally.

Anything that is not necessary to the painting damages it." Henri Matisse

The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.

. . . it is a glory and a privilege to love what Death doesn't touch.

Edsel is the artist in our family. Art is something I know nothing about.