An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.

In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention.

Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.

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

Colors are beautiful when they are significant.

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.