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

To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.

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.

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.