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

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.

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.

A landscape painting in which composition is ignored is like a line taken from a poem at random: it lacks context, and may or may not make sense.

Truth is the basis of all healing.

Pure-chit itself is the Absolute Supreme Soul (parmatma).

For where belief dwells, the spider may not stir, neither by day nor by night.

Stop sleeping, Get to work! You will have much time to sleep when you die.

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.

Never have I enjoyed youth so thoroughly as I have in my old age

The very best and highest attainment in this life is to remain still and let God act and speak in you.

Follow your dreams, don't let anybody hold you back.