A weak background is a deadly thing.

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.

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.

There is nothing more entertaining than to have a frank talk with yourself. Few do it-frankly. Educating yourself is getting acquainted with yourself.

You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.

Count on big lines to express your ideas.

In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?