I Am An Economic Person; I Judge

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.

L Photograph What L Do Not Wish To Paint And L Paint That Which L Cannot Photograph.

Speaking Of Nudes, I Have Always Had A Great Fondness For This Subject, Both In My Paintings And In My Photos, And I Must Admit, Not For Purely Artistic Reasons.

Cut Out The Eye From A Photograph Of One Who Has Been Loved But Is Seen No More. Attach The Eye To The Pendulum Of A Metronome And Regulate The Weight To Suit The Tempo Desired. Keep Going To The Limit Of Endurance. With A Hammer Well-aimed, Try To Destroy The Whole At A Single Blow.

Nature Does Not Create Works Of Art. It Is We, And The Faculty Of Interpretation Peculiar To The Human Mind, That See Art.