Inspiration Is Nothing Without Work.

There Is Force And Vitality In A First Sketch From Life Which The After-work Rarely Has... In Your Sketches Keep The First Vivid Impression! Add No Details That Shall Weaken It! Look First For The Big Things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - Or Masses Of Light And Shade. 3rd. Details That Will Not Spoil The Beginnings!

You Are To Draw Not Reality, But The Appearance Of Reality!

Believe That Time Is Going To Help You Do What You Want.

Don't Talk Of What You Are 'going To Do!' Do It!

Children Should Learn To Draw As They Learn To Write, And Such A Mystery Should Not Be Made Of It. They Should Be Encouraged, Not Flattered... Then [later In Life] Double The Effort Is Required To Get The Facility Which Might Have Been Gained Insensibly.