Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

[inscription reads]  Oct 8, 1914. / Wonderful mellow October days. Spring. / Keller is most natural. Yesterday while criticizing me he turned his head suddenly and asked “Is there a dirty spot on my nose?” / A short talk with Wilcox yesterday. When I told him I thought modelling would do me more good than costume design he said it depended on what I wanted to be. An illustrator? he asked. “Not ultimately” I said “I want to paint - .” “Oh” he said “you want to be an artist. You’re crazy too like some of