Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.