To Paint Is To Know How To

There Are Forms That Can Only Be Seen When You Are Near A Painting, Others Only Appear When You Are Far Away.

Know What The Old Masters Did. Know How They Composed Their Pictures, But Do Not Fall Into The Conventions They Established. These Conventions Were Right For Them, And They Are Wonderful. They Made Their Language. You Make Yours. All The Past Can Help You.

The Object Isn't To Make Art, It's To Be In That Wonderful State Which Makes Art Inevitable.

A Curve Does Not Exist In Its Full Power Until Contrasted With A Straight Line.

To Paint Is To Know How To Put Nothing On Canvas, And Have It Look Like Something When You Stand Back.