Cultivate An Ever-continuous Power Of Observation. Wherever

Every Time I Paint A Portrait I Lose A Friend.

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.

It Is Certain That At Certain Times Talent Entirely Overcomes Thought Or Poetry.

The Thicker You Paint, The More It Flows.