No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

The principal person in a picture is light.

One must be of one's time and paint what one sees.

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.