It is unwise to destroy a picture thru a whim – the whim may seem wise for 5 or even 10 years – but the time comes when we regret the destruction because now we know how we could use that same picture as a starting paint in something better-
I am thinking of two sketches I made of two false front stores in Negley, Ohio, which I destroyed during a house-cleaning fit some years ago – I was no longer going to put new wine into old bottles! Now I see where I could use them.
Charles E. Burchfield, January 24, 1936