Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.
I paint as if I were Rothschild.
An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique - all these are in the middle.
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.