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

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

I allow no one to touch me.

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the drawing becomes. When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.