Andrew Loomis

There__ only one way to assure consistently good work. That is consistently thorough preparation.

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

As a student I thought there was a formula of some kind that I would get hold of somewhere, and thereby become and artist. There is a formula, but it has not been in books. It is really plain old courage, standing on one's own feet, and forever seeking enlightenment; courage to develop your way, but learning from the other fellow; experimentation with your own ideas, observing for yourself, a rigid discipline of doing over that which you can improve.

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

I have never found a book that stressed the importance of myself as a caretaker of my ability, of staying healthy mentally and physically, or that gave me an inkling that my courage might be strained to the utmost.

One__ skill is never complete, one__ knowledge is forever lacking, one__ taste is invariably altered, one__ opinion ever subject to controversy. There is a complete and constant urge towards improvement.