Mine Is The Horny Hand Of Toil.

You Can't Do Sketches Enough. Sketch Everything And Keep Your Curiosity Fresh.

No Small Dabs Of Colour - You Want Plenty Of Paint To Paint With.

Impressionism' Was The Name Given To A Certain Form Of Observation When Monet, Not Content With Using His Eyes To See What Things Were Or What They Looked Like As Everybody Had Done Before Him, Turned His Attention To Noting What Took Place On His Own Retina (as An Oculist Would Test His Own Vision).

A Portrait Is A Picture In Which There Is Just A Tiny Little Something Not Quite Right About The Mouth.

Cultivate An Ever Continuous Power Of Observation. Wherever You Are, Be Always Ready To Make Slight Notes Of Postures, Groups And Incidents. Store Up In The Mind... A Continuous Stream Of Observations From Which To Make Selections Later. Above All Things Get Abroad, See The Sunlight And Everything That Is To Be Seen.