"In the best painting as in authentic poetry one is aware of moral pressures exerted..choices are important,moral pressure exists to make right and wrong choices."
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"In contrast to the flux and muddle of life, art is clarity and enduring presence. In the stream of life, few things are perceived clearly because few things stay put. Every mood or emotion is mixed or…"
"Every great work of art should be considered like any work of nature. First of all from the point of view of its aesthetic reality and then not just from its development and the mastery of its creatio…"
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