Imagination Comes In After We Have Experience.

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

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

The Artist Is An Interpreter Of Nature. People Learn To Love Nature Through Pictures. To The Artist, Nothing Is In Vain; Nothing Beneath His Notice. If He Is Great Enough, He Will Exalt Every Subject Which He Treats.

Imagination Comes In After We Have Experience.

It's No Easy Matter To Paint A Background. I Venture To Say That The Old Painters Had More Difficulty With Their Grounds Than With Their Figures. You Know The Story Of Vandyke Brought To Rubens With This Recommendation: 'he Already Knows How To Paint A Background.' 'that Is More Than I Can Do!' Was The Reply.