Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.

We are not here to do what has already been done.

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.

All is as beautiful as we think it.

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

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