• The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren't necessary.

    Charles de Lint: The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren't necessary.
    "The Ivory and the Horn". Book by Charles de Lint, "Dream Harder, Dream True", p. 293, 1996.