Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art.

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all.

You don't take a photograph, you make it.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.