I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature..

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spect….

I always start a painting with the sky..

To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had ….

Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder t….

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting..

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love..