I Regard It As A Waste Of

I Began To Understand My Sensations, To Know What I Wanted, At Around The Age Of Forty - But Only Vaguely.

I Think When One Has Talent One Finally Breaks Through; So Don't Pass Up Any Opportunity To Do Some Work.

Cover The Canvas At The First Go, Then Work At It Until You See Nothing More To Add.

Cover The Canvas At The First Go, And Then Work On Till You See Nothing More To Add ... Don't Proceed According To Rules And Principles, But Paint What You Observe And Feel. Paint Generously And Unhesitatingly, For It Is Best Not To Lose The First Impression.

Watercolour Is Not Especially Difficult, But I Must Warn You To Steer Clear Of Those Pretty English Watercolourists, So Skilful And Alas So Weak, And So Often Too Truthful.