A picture neither saddening nor gladdening I fear; neither beautiful nor ugly. - Jean Cocteau

It is dangerous not to conform with people's image of us, because they do not readily retract their opinions.

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.

People would say to Al Brown: "You are not a boxer. You are a dancer." He laughed at this, and won.