Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.

When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature.

Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.

Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance of what they are doing, their work creates a stir in the world.

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