The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible

You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.

I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.

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.