Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.