When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart..

Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint wh….

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing..

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I h….

At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of render….

I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursu….

We are all the subjects of impressions, and some of use seek to convey the impressions to others. In the art of communicating impressions lies the po….

At times I come across works of mine which are soundly done and really in my style, and at such moments I find great solace..

The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destro….

Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot….

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add..

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value..

One can do such lovely things with so little. Subjects that are too beautiful end by appearing theatrical..

But as I see it, the most corrupt art is the sentimental the art of orange blossoms which make pale women swoon..

Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and….

It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing..

Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret..

Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint ge….

It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered somethin….

God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists..

All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working..