If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.

I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.

In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.