The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference.
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
God is just another artist, like me.
`When asked,"How do you write ?" I invariably answer, "one word at a time.'
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
If you understand a painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.
"Friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant, did you ever notice that?"
Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!
Picasso is a communist. Neither am I
I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
God invented man, and man invented the metric system.
When I paint, the ocean roars. Others merely paddle in their bath.
I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it.
Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you.