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

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

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

I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.

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

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.

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.