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.

I once got a little camera to use for details of architecture and so forth but the photo was always so different from the perspective the eye gives, I gave it up.

Well, I have a very simple method of painting.

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

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

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

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