"Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?"

"An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resu…"

"Reality must be expressed by a physical symbol."

"We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: a…"

"England collapses, turns Chinese with English and American thoughts. Thousands of Chinese characters are turning and …"

"I am accused often of too much experimentation.. ..but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the…"

"My first lesson in relativity: ..we had a still life set-up to paint. Suddenly I saw that the pitcher was so big [his…"

"I have many ideas for lights. I will paint only lights at night. [on the twinkling city-lights]"

"At a time when experimentation expresses itself in all forms of life, search becomes the only valid expression of the…"

"Our ground today is not so much the national or the regional ground as it is the understanding of this single earth. …"