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I Can Think Of No Greater Happiness Than To Be Clear-sighted And Know The Miracle When It Happens. And I Can Think Of No More Real Life Than The Adventurous One Of Living And Liking And Exclaiming The Things Of One's Own Time.

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.

If A Certain Activity, Such As Painting, Becomes The Habitual Mode Of Expression, It May Follow That Taking Up The Painting Materials And Beginning Work With Them Will Act Suggestively And So Presently Evoke A Flight Into The Higher State.

The Object, Which Is Back Of Every True Work Of Art, Is The Attainment Of A State Of Being, A State Of High Functioning, A More Than Ordinary Moment Of Existence. In Such Moments Activity Is Inevitable, And Whether This Activity Is With Brush, Pen, Chisel, Or Tongue, Its Result Is But A By-product Of The State, A Trace, The Footprint Of The State.

The Pernicious Influence Of The Prize And Medal Giving In Art Is So Great That It Should Be Stopped. History Proves That Juries In Art Have Been Generally Wrong.