I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

It's to paint directly on the canvas without any funny business, as it were, and I use almost pure turpentine to start with, adding oil as I go along until the medium becomes pure oil. I use as little oil as I can possibly help, and that's my method.

I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.

If I had the energy, I would have done it all over the county.