Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.

I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

But as I see it, the most corrupt art is the sentimental the art of orange blossoms which make pale women swoon.