Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.

Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words.

The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.

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

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.