To any man who has slaved to acquire skill in his art, it is most irritating to have his ability referred to as a “gift.”

To learn to draw is to draw and draw and draw.

The difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning.

Observation and study are necessary to achieve mastery of light and form

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

If you intend to make a living at drawing, by all means learn it [the rules of perspective] now, and do not have them bothering you and your work for the rest of your life.

Art without color would lose much of its purpose.

A head is not drawn until you can feel the unseen side.

No "knack" of drawing heads can compete with sound knowledge.

There’s only one way to assure consistently good work. That is consistently thorough preparation.

Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?

[D]ear...You just charmed the pants off her with that hunting trip!

This is a cemetery of memories and I'm grave robbing.

The big-business mergers and the big-labour mergers have the appearance of dinosaurs mating.

To come out and meet kids who have my books in their hands is kind of amazing.

I am enslaved to my work, always wanting the impossible, and never, I believe, have I been less favoured by the endlessly changeable weather.

What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of freedom?

Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.

Racism, pollution and the rest of it are themselves very close to extinction.

I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.