“Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.”

“All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.”

“I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows.”

“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.”

“Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.”

“Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.”

“Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.”

“It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.”

“Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.”