One had to immerse oneself in one's surroundings and intensely study nature or one's subject to understand how to recreate it.
Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
I have sworn to die painting.
It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too
I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment.