“I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.”

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.

If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

I have never painted a recent picture.

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

President Roosevelt was right. True freedom cannot exist without economic security.

Religion has become so many different things. Religion is an economic thing for some people. Religion is a gun.

An economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders if it would work in theory.

The growing economic potential of India and Russia is mutually complementary in many respects.

Congress cannot go home until we address economic suffering.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

Real freedom must include economic security.