The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance of what they are doing, their work creates a stir in the world.

Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's experience.

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.

The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.

There is no art without contemplation.