The real artist's work is a surprise to himself.
Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.
The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.
Count on big lines to express your ideas.
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.