The Condition Every Art Requires

The Air Was Cool Enough To Make The Warm Sun Pleasant On One's Back And Shoulders, And So Clear That The Eye Could Follow A Hawk Up And Up, Into The Blazing Blue Depths Of The Sky.

One May Have Staunch Friends In One's Own Family, But One Seldom Has Admirers.

Every Artist Knows That There Is No Such Thing As "freedom" In Art. The First Thing An Artist Does When He Begins A New Work Is To Lay Down The Barriers And Limitations; He Decides Upon A Certain Composition, A Certain Key, A Certain Relation Of Creatures Or Objects To Each Other. He Is Never Free, And The More Splendid His Imagination, The More Intense His Feeling, The Farther He Goes From General Truth And General Emotion.

The History Of Every Country Begins In The Heart Of A Man Or A Woman.

Whatever Is Felt Upon The Page Without Being Specifically Named There — That, One Might Say, Is Created.