Occupation: Artist Birth: January 19, 1839 Death: October 22, 1906
It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away..
To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in….
Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effec….
I allow no one to touch me..
Talks on art are almost useless. The work which goes to bring progress in one's own subject is sufficient compensation for the incomprehension of imb….
To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working..
Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that ….
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion..
The painter unfolds that which has not been seen..
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears..
With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public..
Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the drawing becomes. When the ….
It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling..
I wish to die painting..
Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color i….
We live in a rainbow of chaos..
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also..
It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too.
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me..
People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day..
There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform..