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?

Paint like a fiend when the idea possesses you.

The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.

I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.

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.

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.