Occupation: Artist Birth: February 25, 1841 Death: December 3, 1919
Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and no….
On the whole, the modern palette is the same as the one used by the artists of Pompeii... I mean it has not been enriched. The ancients used earths, ….
With all their damned talk of modern painting, I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colours is black!.
If it [dabbling in art] didn't amuse me, I beg you to believe that I wouldn't do it..
I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing..
The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly..
People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance..
There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more..
Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable..
What seems most significant to me about our movement is that we have freed painting from the importance of the subject. I am at liberty to paint flow….
God, the king of artists, was clumsy..