You Are To Draw Not Reality, But

There Is Force And Vitality In A First Sketch From Life Which The After-work Rarely Has... In Your Sketches Keep The First Vivid Impression! Add No Details That Shall Weaken It! Look First For The Big Things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - Or Masses Of Light And Shade. 3rd. Details That Will Not Spoil The Beginnings!

It's Impossible To Make A Picture Without Values. Values Are The Basis. If They Are Not, Tell Me What Is The Basis.

You Are To Draw Not Reality, But The Appearance Of Reality!

The Mission Of Art Is To Represent Nature Not To Imitate Her.

How Are We Going To Make Painters By Lecturing To Them? We Are Going To Make Questioners, Doubters, And Talkers. We Are Going To Make Painters By Painting Ourselves, And By Showing The Paintings Of Others. By Working Frankly From Our Convictions, We Are Going To Make Them Work Frankly From Theirs.