By My Teaching I Hope

Because We Are Saturated With Life, Because We Are Human, Our Strongest Motive Is Life, Humanity; And The Stronger The Motive Back Of The Line The Stronger, And Therefore More Beautiful, The Line Will Be.

Find Out What You Really Like If You Can. Find Out What Is Really Important To You. Then Sing Your Song. You Will Have Something To Sing About And Your Whole Heart Will Be In The Singing.

If A Certain Activity, Such As Painting, Becomes The Habitual Mode Of Expression, It May Follow That Taking Up The Painting Materials And Beginning Work With Them Will Act Suggestively And So Presently Evoke A Flight Into The Higher State.

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.

Finished Persons Are Very Common - People Who Are Closed Up, Quite Satisfied That There Is Little More To Learn