I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.

Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.