If I Weren't A Jew

When I Am Finishing A Picture, I Hold Some God-made Object Up To It - A Rock, A Flower, The Branch Of A Tree Or My Hand - As A Final Test. If The Painting Stands Up Beside A Thing Man Cannot Make, The Painting Is Authentic. If There's A Clash Between The Two, It's Bad Art.

If A Symbol Should Be Discovered In A Painting Of Mine, It Was Not My Intention. It Is A Result I Did Not Seek. It Is Something That May Be Found Afterwards, And Which Can Be Interpreted According To Taste.

In The Arts, As In Life, Everything Is Possible Provided It Is Based On Love.

Mine Alone Is The Country Of My Soul.

Can My Words Distill For You A Little Sweetness, Tender And Caressing?