“A master in art need not go into the highways and byways for affects; he knows the straight course and follows it.”

“These days there are painters that go inside a factory in order to be inspired by the noise of machines, so that it affects their works. Of course, artists need sensibility; sensibility towards their environment and their community, but when they are stirred enough by their experiences in their society they can create their art in small studios.”

“There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night. And if you go, no one may follow. That path is for your steps alone.”

“There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the slightest extent. I am the Master over all.”

“That your art follows her so far as it can, as the disciple does the master, so that your art is as it were grandchild of God.”

“Master, go on, and I will follow thee
To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.”

“A reading-machine, always wound up and going,
He mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.”

“Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly.”

“Tea is a work of art and needs a master hand to bring out its noblest qualities.”

“All manipulation is just the fear of going straight for what a person wants and needs.”