Many great works of art have only form, the sculpture of the thing. Color as used to signify realization by men like Titian and Rembrandt, gives greater life and tactile experience to the work.

The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing.

Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

In the hands of a master, light and shade is one of the great qualities of art.

The emphasis on original, individual work in the past years has done a great deal to produce a crop of eccentric fakes and has carried art away from the stream of tradition. Tradition is our heritage of knowledge and experience. We can't get along without it.

...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am not observed at it.