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

Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention.

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.

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

All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

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?