Tradition is a prop for social security.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

Rhythm is as necessary in a picture as pigment; it is as much a part of painting as of music.

Style is instinctive and few achieve it in a notable degree. Its development is not hastened by instruction. It comes or it doesn't. It will take care of itself.

Luminosity is a quality dependent as much on technique as on the physical properties of individual pigments.

Take away a painter's vanity, said a famous landscape painter, and he will never touch a pencil again.

It is not in the nature of lenses to tell the whole truth. They are instruments of exaggeration and belittlement.

Many cherish the idea that a photograph is an exact presentment of nature, and accept without question the paradox that a photograph cannot lie. Actually there never was a more unmitigated liar.

Water is the most expressive element in nature. It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.

Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential... In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.

The rewards of art are not always commensurate with its quality. It affords a precarious living.

Dark clouds not only bring thunderstorm, They also bring rain.

When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it

Just to deliver one high-quality 45 minute lesson requires many hours of planning in advance.

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

I often get myself in love trouble because I'm so passionate; I love so much and so deep.

Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.

God may have mercy, but we won't.

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.