Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

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!

Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

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

God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.