Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Countryside Panorama at Sunset, c. 1917; watercolor on paper; Private Collection, Image courtesyof the Burchfield Penney Archives
Charles Burchfield, November 1917
Friday, Nov 3, 2017
Competition! There is only one perfection and that is God. The great man never competes, he merely strives to approach the Perfect.
The only true reward of work, is more and harder work.
I must simplify myself. Get down to thinking only of those things that concern my life and work—common banalities as politics, war, etc must pass unnoticed.
Guard against that all destroying disease, self-satisfaction—Think how hopelessly inferior you are to the Perfect.
Gentler in speech and actions—Nature has furious storms, but they are continent, not loosely vulgar.
The key to the Universe is by personal experience, not thru the medium of another, no matter how great he is.
Charles Burchfield, November 1917