Drawing Is Not Following A Line On

All Manifestations Of Art Are But Landmarks In The Progress Of The Human Spirit Toward A Thing But As Yet Sensed And Far From Being Possessed.

It Is Harder To See Than It Is To Express. The Whole Value Of Art Rests In The Artist's Ability To See Well Into What Is Before Him. ... The Model Will Serve Equally For A Rembrandt Drawing Or For Anybody's Magazine Cover. A Genius Is One Who Can See. The Others Can Often 'draw' Remarkably Well. ... Those Who Get Their Technique First, Expecting Sight To Come To Them Later, Get A Technique Of A Very Ready-made Order.

Pretend You Are Dancing Or Singing A Picture. A Worker Or Painter Should Enjoy His Work, Else The Observer Will Not Enjoy It.

A Weak Background Is A Deadly Thing.

There Are Forms That Can Only Be Seen When You Are Near A Painting, Others Only Appear When You Are Far Away.