I Have Never Painted A Recent Picture.

Each One Of Us, In His Timidity, Has A Limit Beyond Which He Is Outraged. It Is Inevitable That He Who By Concentrated Application Has Extended This Limit For Himself, Should Arouse The Resentment Of Those Who Have Accepted Conventions Which, Since Accepted By All, Require No Initiative Of Application. And This Resentment Generally Takes The Form Of Meaningless Laughter Or Of Criticism, If Not Persecution.

An Original Is A Creation Motivated By Desire. Any Reproduction Of An Originals Motivated Be Necessity. It Is Marvelous That We Are The Only Species That Creates Gratuitous Forms. To Create Is Divine, To Reproduce Is Human.

Of Course, There Will Always Be Those Who Look Only At Technique, Who Ask 'how', While Others Of A More Curious Nature Will Ask 'why'. Personally, I Have Always Preferred Inspiration To Information.

In The Same Spirit, When The Automobile Arrived, There Were Those That Declared The Horse To Be The Most Perfect Form Of Locomotion.

Just As I Work With Paints, Brushes, And Canvas, I Work With The Light, Pieces Of Glass And Chemistry.