Possibly my hatred of war blinds me so that I cannot comprehend the arguments they adduce. But, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war. Although this suggestion is repeatedly made, none has yet explained how war prevents war. Worse than this, no one has been able to explain away the fact that war creates the conditions that beget war.

There comes a time as an artist, can't follow the crowd. You have to do YOU, and make the crowd follow you.

The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

We shall have to take the responsibility for world collaboration, or we shall have to bear the responsibility for another world conflict.

I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.