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

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state.

Your style is the way you talk in paint.

We are not here to do what has already been done.

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.