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 its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

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

What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.