Occupation: Artist Birth: June 7, 1848 Death: May 8, 1903
Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth?.
Proficiency in art is a contract with your self and the empowerment of your self. Not all of us demand or even desire proficiency, but for those who ….
How to re-light the fire the very ashes of which are scattered?.
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will..
How do you see those tree?... They are yellow. Well then put down yellow. And that shadow is rather blue. So render it with pure ultramarine. Those r….
I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and matern….
Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever..
Nothing so resembles a daub as a masterpiece..
There is no such thing as exaggerated art. I even believe that there is salvation only in extreme..
My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!.
I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates..
Do not finish your work too much. An impression is not sufficiently durable for its first freshness to survive a belated search for infinite detail; ….
Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth.
Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which is the immemori….
A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business..
The great artist is a formulation of the greatest intelligence: he is the recipient of sensations which are the most delicate and consequently the mo….
One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting..
Nail up some indecency in plain sight over your door; from that time forward you will be rid of all respectable people,the most insupportable folk Go….
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?.
Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us..
Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts..