All Education Must Be Self-education.

There Are Pictures That Manifest Education And There Are Pictures That Manifest Love.

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

It Is Harder To See Than It Is To Express. The Whole Value Of Art Rests In The Artist's Ability To See Well Into What Is Before Him. ... The Model Will Serve Equally For A Rembrandt Drawing Or For Anybody's Magazine Cover. A Genius Is One Who Can See. The Others Can Often 'draw' Remarkably Well. ... Those Who Get Their Technique First, Expecting Sight To Come To Them Later, Get A Technique Of A Very Ready-made Order.

Beauty Is An Intangible Thing; Can Not Be Fixed On The Surface, And The Wear And Tear Of Old Age On The Body Cannot Defeat It. Nor Will A "pretty" Face Make It, For "pretty" Faces Are Often Dull And Empty, And Beauty Is Never Dull And It Fills All Spaces.

There Are People Who Buy Pictures Because They Were Difficult To Do, And Are Done. Such Pictures Are Often Only A Record Of Pain And Dull Perseverance. Great Works Of Art Should Look As Though They Were Made In Joy. Real Joy Is A Tremendous Activity, Dull Drudgery Is Nothing To It.