Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.

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.

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.