It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

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

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

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.

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