Art Appreciation, Like Love, Cannot Be Done

The Real Artist's Work Is A Surprise To Himself.

If You Do Not Act On A Suggestion At First, You Grow Dull To Its Message.

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 The Spirit's Safety Was In Negation, But He Has Never Given The World One Minute's Joy Or Produced One Symbol Of The Beautiful Order Of Nature. He Sought Peace In Bondage And His Spirit Became A Prisoner.

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.

Painting Should Never Look As If It Were Done With Difficulty, However Difficult It May Actually Have Been.