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

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.

Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.

An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible.