Know What The Old Masters Did. Know

Genius Is Not A Possession Of The Limited Few, But Exists In Some Degree In Everyone. Where There Is Natural Growth, A Full And Free Play Of Faculties, Genius Will Manifest Itself.

There Has Never Been A Painting That Was More Beautiful Than Nature. The Model Does Not Unfold Herself To You, You Must Rise To Her. She Should Be The Inspiration For Your Painting. No Man Has Ever Over-appreciated A Human Being.

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.

When The Artist Is Alive In Any Person, Whatever His Kind Of Work May Be, He Becomes An Inventive, Searching, Daring, Self-expressive Creature. He Becomes Interesting To Other People. He Disturbs, Upsets, Enlightens, And Opens Ways For Better Understanding. Where Those Who Are Not Artists Are Trying To Close The Book, He Opens It And Shows There Are Still More Pages Possible.

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.