“The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.”

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

“What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.”

“I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.”

“It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.”

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”

“I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.”

“I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.”

“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.”