There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
I paint as if I were Rothschild.
We live in a rainbow of chaos.
Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.