I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which so often causes a painting to deviate from its true path - the concrete study of nature - to lose itself all too long in intangible speculations.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.

See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.