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

Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.

Finished persons are very common - people who are closed up, quite satisfied that there is little more to learn

Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.

Count on big lines to express your ideas.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.