A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force there is.

The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little.

Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.

Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.