I Wish They Would Take

To Exaggerate The Fairness Of Hair, I Come Even To Orange Tones, Chromes And Pale Yellow ... I Make A Plain Background Of The Richest, Intensest Blue That I Can Contrive, And By This Simple Combination Of The Bright Head Against The Rich Blue Background, I Get A Mysterious Effect, Like A Star In The Depths Of An Azure Sky.

One Can Speak Poetry Just By Arranging Colors Well, Just As One Can Say Comforting Things In Music.

In An Artist's Life, Death Is Perhaps Not The Most Difficult Thing.

For My Part I Know Nothing With Any Certainty, But The Sight Of The Stars Makes Me Dream.

Drawing Is The Root Of Everything, And The Time Spent On That Is Actually All Profit.