You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe.
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
An artist's career always begins tomorrow
A picture is finished when all trace of the means used to bring about the end has disappeared.
People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.
For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand - fearing naught and dreading no exposure.