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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.


Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.

Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.



When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

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