The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

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

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

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.

There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house.