“An artist when working should never be conscious of rules. While at work he must unhesitatingly follow his feelings and be moved solely by inspiration.”

“Technique must be born of inner necessity. When Van Gogh at one time, in order to achieve the plastic character of the roots of a tree, squeezed colour directly from a tube on his picture, it seemed to him the best means of expressing what moved him at the moment in nature. That technique is the best which permits the artist to express what he has to say as directly and convincingly as possible. When used merely as external cleverness, as a kind of virtuosity without inner necessity, it arouses the opposite of interest.”

“Art is not a matter of either mind alone or handicraft alone, but a union of both.”

Max Doerner