The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.

The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea

There is nothing more entertaining than to have a frank talk with yourself. Few do it-frankly. Educating yourself is getting acquainted with yourself.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

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.

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

The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.