Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

• Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
• I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
• Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
• Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
• I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
• Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded.
• We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.
• The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.