Give Up The Idea Of

What Is Nobler Than A Man Wresting And Wringing His Bread From The Stubborn Soil By The Sweat Of His Brow And The Break Of His Back For His Wife And Children!

There Is Force And Vitality In A First Sketch From Life Which The After-work Rarely Has. You Want A Picture To Seize You As Forcibly As If A Man Had Seized You By The Shoulder! It Should Impress You Like Reality!

You Can Always Draw As Well As You Know How To. I Flatter Myself That I Feel More Than I Express On Canvas; But I Know That Is Not So.

The Artist Is An Interpreter Of Nature. People Learn To Love Nature Through Pictures. To The Artist, Nothing Is In Vain; Nothing Beneath His Notice. If He Is Great Enough, He Will Exalt Every Subject Which He Treats.

The Mission Of Art Is To Represent Nature Not To Imitate Her.