Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful. But all thi….

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention..

Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit..

Art is an outsider, a gypsy over the face of the earth..

Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them..

Self-education only produces expressions of self..

We make our discoveries while in the state [of high functioning] because then we are clear-sighted..

All education must be self-education..

In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended..

What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture..

There is nothing more entertaining than to have a frank talk with yourself. Few do it-frankly. Educating yourself is getting acquainted with yourself..

Things should all be moving toward the expression of a great idea..

By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision..

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….

Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction..

Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money..

All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it..

To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things..

Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well..

The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment..

Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget t….