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

All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one's faculties.

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.

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

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

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

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