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….

The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express..

Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing..

There has never been a painting that was more beautiful than nature. The model does not unfold herself to you, you must rise to her. She should be th….

Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were r….

Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature..

Count on big lines to express your ideas..

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be intereste….

Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and ….

The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even mone….

Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said..

I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort, for he believed th….

Your style is the way you talk in paint..

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest..

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw..

Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the st….

Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad..

The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There….

Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential..

Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertai….