Inspiration is nothing without work.

Believe that time is going to help you do what you want.

You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.

The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his notice. If he is great enough, he will exalt every subject which he treats.

Nature is economical. She puts her lights and darks only where she needs them.

How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident.