Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state.

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

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

There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

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

Count on big lines to express your ideas.