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

Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.

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.

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

You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a groove, a rut, that hampers your growth. You think you can fix your course and move straight along it. But sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.

There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.

Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing.