Nature Is Economical. She Puts Her Lights

I Don't Like Persuaded Sitters. I Never Could Paint A Cat If The Cat Had Any Scruples, Religious, Superstitious, Or Otherwise, About Sitting.

It Gives A Fellow An Awful Shiver To Hear The First Shovelful Of Dirt And Gravel Rattle Down Upon The Coffin; But After It Is Covered, It Falls Gently And Makes No Sound. The Feeling Of Rest Is Perfect. There's No More Nagging, No More Pain!

How Are Things Visible? Can You See An Egg Against A White Background? Not By Drawing A Line Around It Can You Make It Evident.

Let Me Give You A Few Simple Rules For Learning To Draw. First, See Of What Shape The Whole Thing Is. Next, Put In The Line That Marks The Movement Of The Whole. Don't Have More Than One Movement In A Figure; You Can't Patch Parts Together. Simple Lines; Then Simple Values. Establish The Fact Of The Whole. Is It Square, Oblong, Cube, Or What Is It?

Painting Is The Only Universal Language. All Nature Is Creation's Picture Book. Painting Alone Can Describe Every Thing Which Can Be Seen, And Suggest Every Emotion Which Can Be Felt. Art Reaches Back Into The Babyhood Of Time, And Is Man's Only Lasting Monument.