Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.

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

An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible.

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

Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.

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

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.