To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

Colors are beautiful when they are significant.

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.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.

In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.