My nervous system is enfeebled only work in oils can sustain me.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious...
Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an...
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct...
The truth is in nature and I shall prove it.
Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's...
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject but to...
Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it...
You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your...
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
When I judge art I take my painting and put it next to a God made object...
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to...
I ask you to pray for me for once age has overtaken us we find consolation...
My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been...
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age illusions are hardly...
I enjoy being busy I really do. Remember I'm the stub end of the railroad. I have no family so I'm not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I'm just relaxing and enjoying it.