Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two.
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original.
Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance!
The less inhibited you are the better.
Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw.
Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.