“Ones skill is never complete, ones knowledge is forever lacking, ones taste is invariably altered, ones opinion ever subject to controversy. There is a complete and constant urge towards improvement.”

“It is ten per cent how you draw, and ninety per cent what you draw.”

“Theres only one way to assure consistently good work. That is consistently thorough preparation.”

“One’s skill is never complete, one’s knowledge is forever lacking, one’s taste is invariably altered, one’s opinion ever subject to controversy. There is a complete and constant urge towards improv...”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow a...”

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

“The Wise are Superb Observers of Nature and Rise Superior to the Blows of Fortune”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”