Inspiration Is Nothing Without Work.

How Are Things Visible? Can You See An Egg Against A White Background? Not By Drawing A Line Around It Can You Make It Evident.

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

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!

What Is Nobler Than A Man Wresting And Wringing His Bread From The Stubborn Soil By The Sweat Of His Brow And The Break Of His Back For His Wife And Children!

How Are We Going To Make Painters By Lecturing To Them? We Are Going To Make Questioners, Doubters, And Talkers. We Are Going To Make Painters By Painting Ourselves, And By Showing The Paintings Of Others. By Working Frankly From Our Convictions, We Are Going To Make Them Work Frankly From Theirs.