Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.

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.

Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.

When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible.

An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible.

Colors are beautiful when they are significant.