I Paint For The Sole Purpose Of

The World Will See Many Fashions Of Art And Most Of The World Will Follow The Fashions And Make None. These Cults - These 'movements' - Are Absolutely Necessary, Or At Any Rate Their Causes Are, For Somewhere In Their Centres Are The Ones Who Bear The Idea, The Ones Who Have Questioned, 'but What Do I Think?' And 'how Shall I Say It Best?

Life Is Finding Yourself. It Is A Spirit Development.

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.

You Will Never Draw The Sense Of A Thing Unless You Are Feeling It At The Time You Work.

Be A Warhorse For Work And Enjoy Even The Struggle Against Defeat.