What an artist worries about as he plans his pictures, makes his sketches, or wonders whether he has completed his canvas, is something much more dif….

The Painter must leave the beholder something to guess..

During the days of my youth, critics and art-lovers resorted freely to this term of abuse. Even some of the most renowned Old Masters were also pillo….

If you ask me what the world looks like to me, it looks like a painting by Pissarro..

There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists..

Art does not copy nature - it suggests it..

All artistic discoveries are discoveries not of likenesses but of equivalencies which enable us to see reality in terms of an image and an image in t….

It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy the miracle of s….

All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to n….

One never finishes learning about art. There are always new things to discover. Great works of art seem to look different every time one stands befor….

All art is image making and all image making is the creation of substitutes..

The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they remain the same pa….

The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided by the adaptability of the….

One cannot explain the existence of genius. It is better to enjoy it..

Seeing depends on knowledge / And knowledge, of course, on your college / But when you are erudite and wise / What matters is to use your eyes..

Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there..