Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.

The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.

A weak background is a deadly thing.

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

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

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.

Many things that come into the world are not looked into. The individual says 'My crowd doesn't run that way.' I say, don't run with crowds.