Every Time I Paint A Portrait I

It Is Certain That At Certain Times Talent Entirely Overcomes Thought Or Poetry.

If You Begin With The Middle-tone And Work Up From It Toward The Darks So That You Deal Last With Your Highest Lights And Darkest Darks, You Avoid False Accents.

I Do Not Judge, I Only Chronicle.

An Artist Painting A Picture Should Have At His Side A Man With A Club To Hit Him Over The Head When The Picture Is Finished.

A Portrait Is A Painting With Something Wrong With The Mouth.