The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

When I am no longer controversial, I will no longer be important

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.