No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.

The older I become the more I realize of that I have to work very hard to reproduce what I search: the instantaneous. The influence of the atmosphere on the things and the light scattered throughout.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

I'm not performing miracles, I'm using up and wasting a lot of paint.