Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing.

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

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

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.

The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.

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