Being an emotion, its intensity is directly proportional to the singleness with which it possesses the thoughts.

The Far Oriental fully realizes the power of simplicity.

This principle is his fundamental canon of pictorial art.

To understand his paintings, it is from this standpoint they must be regarded; not as soulless photographs of scenery, but as poetic presentations of the spirit of the scenes.

The very charter of painting depends upon its not giving us charts.