The painter unfolds that which has not been seen..

An optical impression is produced on our organs of sight which makes us classify as light, half-tone or quartertone, the surfaces represented by colo….

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself..

Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment..

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others..

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive..

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well..

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature..

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know..

Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible..

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine..

Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist..

The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life..

I am the primitive of the method I have invented..

I advance all of my canvas at one time..

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations..

My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going..

Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals..

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing..

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't..

Perhaps I was born too early. I was more the painter of your generation than of mine..