The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain set of intelligible skills.
A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
There does not exist a painter who knows himself or knows what he is doing.
Every good painter paints what he is.
An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters.
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.