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.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.

There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.

The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to think it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone. But alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed somewhat you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life.

Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke.

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