Art Or Talent, For An Artist, Is

Art Is A Wholly Physical Language Whose Words Are All The Visible Objects.

I Deny That Art Can Be Taught, Or, In Other Words, Maintain That Art Is Completely Individual, And That The Talent Of Each Artist Is But The Result Of His Own Inspiration And His Own Study Of Past Tradition.

To Be Able To Translate The Customs, Ideas And Appearance Of My Times As I See Them - In A Word, To Create A Living Art - This Has Been My Aim.

The Expression Of Beauty Is In Direct Ratio To The Power Of Conception The Artist Has Acquired.

Painting Is The Representation Of Visible Forms. The Essence Of Realism Is Its Negation Of The Ideal.