To Me, Art Is The Glorification Of

It Takes Intelligence And Training, Self-discipline And Fine-sensibility, To Gain Renewed Life Through Leisure Occupation. America Now Suffers Spiritual Poverty, And Art Must Become More Fully American Life Before Her Leisure Can Become Culture.

When The Impulses Which Stir Us To Profound Emotion Are Integrated With The Medium Of Expression, Every Interview Of The Soul May Become Art. This Is Contingent Upon Mastery Of The Medium.

Art Is To Me The Glorification Of The Human Spirit, And As Such It Is The Cultural Documentation Of The Time In Which It Is Produced.

The Whole World, As We Experience It Visually, Comes To Us Through The Mystic Realm Of Color. Our Entire Being Is Nourished By It. This Mystic Quality Of Color Should Likewise Find Expression In A Work Of Art.

The Plastic Artist May Or May Not Be Concerned With Presenting A Superficial Appearance Of Reality, But He Is Always Concerned With The Presentation - If Not The Representation - Of The Plastic Values Of Reality.