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

Chatter about art is almost always useless.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

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 have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.