My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

The brush is a more powerful and rapid tool than the point or the stump... the main thing that the brush secures is the instant grasp of the grand construction of a figure.

I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed.

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.