08/20/1914
graphite pencil on lined paper
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
ery bit of sincerety out of it. When man at last feels the need to converse with his creator, he does not care what other men think how he does it, or how often. Great artists neither care for or think of fame, or the critics opinion, which is the definition of his success. An artist must be alone to paint. Is not an artist seeking God? Ostensibly he is seeking truth & beauty (the two coincide) but finding them, or approaching them, he has found God.