Has Your Drawing The Meaning You Saw

Do Not Worry About Your Originality. You Could Not Get Rid Of It Even If You Wanted To.

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.

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.

The Big Painter Is One Who Has Something To Say. He Thus Does Not Paint Men, Landscape Or Furniture, But An Idea.

I Paint For The Sole Purpose Of Magnifying The Privilege Of Being Alive.