As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous activity and concentrate your force on one or a few points

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely, but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw

Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity

Every noble activity makes room for itself

I see my trees repair their boughs