Occupation: Artist Birth: June 24, 1865 Death: July 12, 1929
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Suc….
Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention..
Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are….
Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money..
There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away..
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture..
Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging..
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy..
Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition..
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in….
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable..
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think..
To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back..
There is no art without contemplation..
Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you..
A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter..
Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you..
Colors are beautiful when they are significant..
Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there. Don't sto….
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men..
Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?.