Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved read more

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than read more

For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? to the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? tso the law of averages?

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.

I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.