“You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.”
Art“My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.”
Work“You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.”
Art“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.”
Alone“I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.”
Age“Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.”
Art“An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.”
Art“I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.”
Nature“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.”
Art“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.”
Art“My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.”
Work“Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.”
Nature“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.”
Art“I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.”
Age“Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.”
Nature“I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.”
Art“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”
Art“The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.”
Strength“Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.”
Nature“Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.”
Experience“Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?”
Art“For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.”
Nature