Do Not Copy Nature Too Much. Art

Machines Have Come, Art Has Fled, And I Am Far From Thinking Photography Can Help Us.

It Was So Simple To Paint Things As I Saw Them; To Put Without Special Calculation A Red Close To A Blue.

Art Requires Philosophy, Just As Philosophy Requires Art. Otherwise, What Would Become Of Beauty?

Literary Poetry In A Painter Is Something Special, And Is Neither Illustration Nor The Translation Of Writing By Form.

Beware Of Luxury! Beware Of Acquiring The Taste And Need For It, Under The Pretext Of Providing For The Morrow.