I always start a painting with the sky..

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

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….

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….

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

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

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