To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had …

- Alfred Sisley

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

- Alfred Sisley

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.

- Alfred Sisley

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spect…

- Alfred Sisley

I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.

- Alfred Sisley

Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder t…

- Alfred Sisley

I always start a painting with the sky.

- Alfred Sisley