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Fight With Yourself When You Paint, Not With The Model. A Student Is One Who Struggles With Himself For Order.

Art Need Not Be Intended. It Comes Inevitably As The Tree From The Root, The Branch From The Trunk, The Blossom From The Twig. None Of These Forget The Present In Looking Backward Or Forward. They Are Occupied Wholly With The Fulfillment Of Their Own Existence.

There Are People Who Buy Pictures Because They Were Difficult To Do, And Are Done. Such Pictures Are Often Only A Record Of Pain And Dull Perseverance. Great Works Of Art Should Look As Though They Were Made In Joy. Real Joy Is A Tremendous Activity, Dull Drudgery Is Nothing To It.

If The Artist's Will Is Not Strong He Will See All Kinds Of Unessential Things.

We Make Our Discoveries While In The State [of High Functioning] Because Then We Are Clear-sighted.