"It has been my lot to be attacked by the critics, almost without exception, from the very first."

"There are two ways of looking at anything: one is to see it as it is, the other is to see it as it should be."

"The essential thing is to organize construction."

"I think that art must not be a disagreeable thing. There is enough unhappiness in life to turn one towards the joy."

"I have always been aware of the relation between the color and the line, and that the two must be used with precision."