The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.