The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

The painter makes real to others his innermost feelings about all that he cares for. A secret becomes known to everyone who views the picture through the intensity with which it is felt.

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement

I have a timetable, but no routine.

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The effect that they make in space is as bound up with them as might be their colour or smell ... Therefore the painter must be as concerned with the air surrounding his subject as with the subject itself. It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.