Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

Your style is the way you talk in paint.

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

Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

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