All The Sorrow, All The Bitterness, All

The Subject Should Be Observed More For Shape And Color Than For Drawing... Precise Drawing Is Dry And Hampers The Impression Of The Whole, It Destroys All Sensations.

At Fifty, That Is In 1880, I Formulated The Idea Of Unity, Without Being Able To Render It. At Sixty, I Am Beginning To See The Possibility Of Rendering It.

It Does Not Astonish Me That The Critics In London Relegate Me To The Lowest Rank. Alas! I Fear That They Are Only Too Justified!

It Is Absurd To Look For Perfection.

I Began To Understand My Sensations, To Know What I Wanted, At Around The Age Of Forty - But Only Vaguely.