Drawing Is . . .

What's So Astonishing About Not Understanding? There Are So Many Things In Art, Beginning With Art Itself, That One Doesn't Understand. A Painter Doesn't See Everything That He Has Put In His Painting.

Derive Happiness In Oneself From A Good Day's Work, From Illuminating The Fog That Surrounds Us.

Never Ruin A Good Painting With The Truth.

You Must Forget All Your Theories, All Your Ideas Before The Subject. What Part Of These Is Really Your Own Will Be Expressed In Your Expression Of The Emotion Awakened In You By The Subject.

The Use Of Expressive Colors Is Felt To Be One Of The Basic Elements Of The Modern Mentality, An Historical Necessity, Beyond Choice.