1917 Birches #upclose No. 3 #tt1917

I would lose interest in painting in the summer. Uninteresting greens gave way to other pursuits. Fishing, women and dancing.

Absence of colour is absence of heart

Jackson showed me how to drag wet paint over previously dried paint.

On Saturdays, Varley and I hiked the outskirts or took the ferry to Centre Island.

Another good line from a critic, 'A painting should be respectful of the wall it is hung on'. '

When the temperature goes below minus forty the only thing that moves is the smoke from chimneys.

Yes I do paint flowers once in awhile. So does Jim, even though they are tangled. Trees are the soul, but flowers make the man.

1916 Islands, Canoe Lake #upclose No 4. #tt1917

My silence was not of a cold defensive personality - it was because of my directness and integrity.

A restricted palette does not necessarily mean a narrow range of tones or repetitive colours

To paint a good scene you need to recognize the overall design in nature.

Adverts masquerading as news. Not a new idea. #Victrola

Palette: bone black, charcoal black Freeman's White, lead white, zinc white, alizarin lake, vermilion cadmium yellow

I feel like it is my duty to paint canvases but my real joy is sketching my boards,

A colored loss, why is there no leisure. If the persecution is so outrageous that nothing is solemn. @_gertrudestein_

Coloring high means that the strange reason is in front not more in front behind. G. Stein.

An elegant use of foliage and grace and a little piece of white cloth and oil. G. Stein

A dark grey, a very dark grey, a quite dark grey is monstrous ordinarily, it is so monstrous because there is no red in it. G. Stein

I stayed over often at Fred and Maude Varley. The cot was always ready