It Is The Common Defect Of Modern

You Can Do Anything You Want To Do. What Is Rare Is This Actual Wanting To Do A Specific Thing: Wanting It So Much That You Are Practically Blind To All Other Things, That Nothing Else Will Satisfy You.

In A Tree There Is A Spirit Of Life, A Spirit Of Growth And A Spirit Of Holding Its Head Up.

There Has Never Been A Painting That Was More Beautiful Than Nature. The Model Does Not Unfold Herself To You, You Must Rise To Her. She Should Be The Inspiration For Your Painting. No Man Has Ever Over-appreciated A Human Being.

We Are Not Here To Do What Has Already Been Done.

Manet Did Not Do The Expected. He Was A Pioneer. He Followed His Individual Whim. Told The Public What He Wanted It To Know, Not The Time Worn Things The Public Already Knew And Thought It Wanted To Hear Again. The Public Was Very Much Offended.