At Fifty, That Is In 1880, I

I Think When One Has Talent One Finally Breaks Through; So Don't Pass Up Any Opportunity To Do Some Work.

We Are All The Subjects Of Impressions, And Some Of Use Seek To Convey The Impressions To Others. In The Art Of Communicating Impressions Lies The Power Of Generalizing Without Losing That Logical Connection Of Parts To The Whole Which Satisfies The Mind.

It Is The Brushwork Of The Right Value And Color Which Should Produce The Drawing.

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.

I Remember That, Although I Was Full Of Fervour, I Didn't Have The Slightest Inkling, Even At Forty, Of The Deeper Side To The Movement We Were Pursuing By Instinct. It Was In The Air!