Good Composition Is Like A Suspension Bridge

Each Sensation Is Precious, Protect It, Cherish It, Keep It. Never Give It Away. You Must Develop That Balance Which Allows All Of The World To Come In To You, And Only That Which You Have Expressed In Your Art To Move Back Out Again Into The World.

The Picture That Looks As If It Were Done Without An Effort May Have Been A Perfect Battlefield In Its Making.

An Artist's Job Is To Surprise Himself. Use All Means Possible.

Whatever You Feel Or Think Your Exact State At The Exact Moment Of Your Brush Touching The Canvas Is In Some Way Registered In That Stroke.

There Are Moments In Our Lives, There Are Moments In A Day, When We Seem To See Beyond The Usual- Become Clairvoyant. We Reach Then Into Reality. Such Are The Moments Of Our Greatest Happiness. Such Are The Moments Of Our Greatest Wisdom. It Is In The Nature Of All People To Have These Experiences; But In Our Time And Under The Conditions Of Our Lives, It Is Only A Rare Few Who Are Able To Continue In The Experience And Find Expression For It.