“ Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. ”
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some kind of a Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
~ Henri Matisse
You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.
Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.
To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage.
