Self-acquainta Nce Is A Rare Condition.

The Big Painter Is One Who Has Something To Say. He Thus Does Not Paint Men, Landscape Or Furniture, But An Idea.

The More Simply You See, The More Simply You Will Render. People See Too Much, Scatteringly.

I Paint For The Sole Purpose Of Magnifying The Privilege Of Being Alive.

The World Will See Many Fashions Of Art And Most Of The World Will Follow The Fashions And Make None. These Cults - These 'movements' - Are Absolutely Necessary, Or At Any Rate Their Causes Are, For Somewhere In Their Centres Are The Ones Who Bear The Idea, The Ones Who Have Questioned, 'but What Do I Think?' And 'how Shall I Say It Best?

Manet Did Not Do The Expected. He Was A Pioneer. He Followed His Individual Whim. Told The Public What He Wanted It To Know, Not The Time Worn Things The Public Already Knew And Thought It Wanted To Hear Again. The Public Was Very Much Offended.