Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.

Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.

The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.

There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.

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