Don't Talk Of What You Are 'going

When An Artist Leaves His Work To Amuse People, He Loses His Time And Their Respect. If People Are To Be Amused By Artists, It Must Be By Employing Them In Their Legitimate Occupation.

It's Impossible To Make A Picture Without Values. Values Are The Basis. If They Are Not, Tell Me What Is The Basis.

Imagination Comes In After We Have Experience.

Give Up The Idea Of 'color' For Awhile! Consider Masses - Values, Only... One Dark And One Light Place In Every Picture.

I Tell You It's No Joke To Paint A Portrait. I Wonder That I Am Not More Timid When I Begin. I Feel Almost Certain That I Can Do It. It Seems Very Simple. I Don't Think Of The Time That Is Sure To Come When I Almost Despair, When The Whole Thing Seems Hopeless.