We Are Weakened And We Are Tired,

The Tired Parts Of The Mind Can Be Rested And Strengthened Not Merely By Rest, But By Using Other Parts.

God For A Month Of Power & A Good Shorthand Writer.

Have Not Manet And Monet, Cézanne And Matisse, Rendered To Painting Something Of The Same Service Which Keats And Shelley Gave To Poetry After The Solemn And Ceremonious Literary Perfections Of The Eighteenth Century? They Have Brought Back To The Pictorial Art A New Draught Of Joie De Vivre; And The Beauty Of Their Work Is Instinct With Gaiety, And Floats In Sparkling Air. I Do Not Expect These Masters Would Particularly Appreciate My Defence, But I Must Avow An Increasing Attraction To Their Work.

[much] As War Attracts Me And Fascinates My Mind With Its Tremendous Situations, I Feel More Deeply Every Year . . . What Vile And Wicked Folly And Barbarism It All Is.

Leave To The Masters Of Art Trained By A Lifetime Of Devotion The Wonderful Process Of Picture-building And Picture Creation. Go Out Into The Sunlight And Be Happy With What You See.