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I have never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I do not need.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

That is the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.

I think about my work every minute of the day.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

By the work one knows the workman.

Art Does not transform. It just plain forms.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.