We Are Not Here To Do What

A Great Painter Will Know A Great Deal About How He Did It, But Still He Will Say, “how Did I Do It?

A Mountain Seen In The Haze Of Distance Must Nevertheless Look A Solid Heavy Mountain.

There Is Nothing More Entertaining Than To Have A Frank Talk With Yourself. Few Do It-frankly. Educating Yourself Is Getting Acquainted With Yourself.

Strokes Carry A Message Whether You Will It Or Not. The Stroke Is Just Like The Artist At The Time He Makes It. All The Certainties, All The Uncertainties, All The Bigness Of His Spirit And The Littlenesses Are In It.

Know What The Old Masters Did. Know How They Composed Their Pictures, But Do Not Fall Into The Conventions They Established. These Conventions Were Right For Them, And They Are Wonderful. They Made Their Language. You Make Yours. All The Past Can Help You.