I have sworn to die painting.

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which so often causes a painting to deviate from its true path - the concrete study of nature - to lose itself all too long in intangible speculations.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.

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

See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.