Art Is Certainly Not A Pursuit For

Feel The Dignity Of A Child. Do Not Feel Superior To Him, For You Are Not.

The Work Of The Art Student Is No Light Matter. Few Have The Courage And Stamina To Think It Through. You Have To Make Up Your Mind To Be Alone In Many Ways. We Like Sympathy And We Like To Be In Company. It Is Easier Than Going It Alone. But Alone One Gets Acquainted With Himself, Grows Up And On, Not Stopping With The Crowd. It Costs To Do This. If You Succeed Somewhat You May Have To Pay For It As Well As Enjoy It All Your Life.

It Is Harder To See Than It Is To Express. The Whole Value Of Art Rests In The Artist's Ability To See Well Into What Is Before Him. ... The Model Will Serve Equally For A Rembrandt Drawing Or For Anybody's Magazine Cover. A Genius Is One Who Can See. The Others Can Often 'draw' Remarkably Well. ... Those Who Get Their Technique First, Expecting Sight To Come To Them Later, Get A Technique Of A Very Ready-made Order.

Know What The Old Masters Did. Know How They Composed Their Pictures, But Do Not Fall Into The Conventions They Established. These Conventions Were Right For Them, And They Are Wonderful. They Made Their Language. You Make Yours. All The Past Can Help You.

I Have Heard It Very Often Said That An Artist Does Not Need Intelligence, That His Is The Province Of The Soul