To Paint Is To Know How To

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.

Get The Few Main Lines And See What Lines They Call Out.

Paint What You Feel. Paint What You See. Paint What Is Real To You.

The True Artist Regards His Work As A Means Of Talking With Men [and Women], Of Saying His Say To Himself And To Others. It Is Not A Question Of Pay.

A Weak Background Is A Deadly Thing.