Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took read more

I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Balance is the enemy of art.

Balance is the enemy of art.