Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the read more

Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.