Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

I was in school for architecture and when you're in school for a creative discipline, so much of what you produce comes out of inspiration from other people. The more you're exposed to architecturally, the better you can develop your own language out of that history of architectural thought.

Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.