No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.

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

There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain and dull perseverance. Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it.

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.

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

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.