Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

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

Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.