Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art.
I like the rule that corrects emotion.
Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures.
With age, art and life become one.
The painting is finished when the idea has disappeared.
One has to guard against a formula that is good for everything, that can interpret reality in addition to the other arts, and that rather than creating can only result in a style, or a stylization.