One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

If I think, I am lost.

There is no model, there is only color.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

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.

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.