I Don't Like Persuaded Sitters. I Never

Elaboration Is Not Beauty, And Sand-paper Never Finished A Piece Of Bad Work.

Give Up The Idea Of 'color' For Awhile! Consider Masses - Values, Only... One Dark And One Light Place In Every Picture.

Beauty Is That Little Something That Fills The Whole World, And Is Contained Neither In A Single Straight Nose, A Long Eyelash, Nor A Blue Mountain. Some See It In A Leg Of Mutton, Others In A Compound Fracture; And To Expect Others To Accept One's Own Definition Of It Is As Absurd As To Expect All Humanity To Use The Same Toilet-brush.

The Mission Of Art Is To Represent Nature Not To Imitate Her.

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.