Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go forth to study beautiful nature, let us try to free our mids from them, let us strive to express ourselves according to our personal temperaments. Time and reflection, moreover, little by little modify our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.

I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.