Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness..

To be an artist you must learn the laws of nature..

The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all….

The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest..

It is impossible to repeat in one period what was done in another.The pointof view isnotthesame, anymorethan are the tools, the ideals, the needs, or….

Religion is everywhere. It is in the mind, in the heart, in the love you put into what you do..

Berthe Morisot was a painter full of eighteenth-century delicacy and grace; in a word, the last elegant and 'feminine' artists since Fragonard..

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too..

I want a red to be sonorous, to sound like a bell. If it doesn't turn out that way, I add more reds and other colors until I get it..

To get someone to pose, you have to be very good friends and above all speak the language..

The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished..

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art..

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism..

The pain passes, but the beauty remains..

How is it that in the so-called barbarian ages art was understood, whereas in our age of progress exactly the opposite is true?.

There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential..

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity..

I have arrived more definitely than any other painter during his lifetime; honours shower upon me from every side; artists pay me compliments on my w….

One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of i….

The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work..

I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right..