I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete..

Beauty in art is truth bathed in an impression received from nature. I am struck upon seeing a certain place. While I strive for conscientious imitat….

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art..

Never lose the first impression which has moved you..

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without preju….

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth….

Art is nature as seen through a temperament..

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind..

Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow your own convicti….

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome..

Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before his eyes!.

I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical. Then the child blows the bubble up v….

Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of that firs….

I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the general character of a picture; when these ar….

Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error....

Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron - the last reflection of the sun which plunges into ….

You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit under a tree; yo….

I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven..

It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue in order to the li….

Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of y….

If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able to devote myself entirely to ….