Every Time I Paint A Portrait I

Impressionism' Was The Name Given To A Certain Form Of Observation When Monet, Not Content With Using His Eyes To See What Things Were Or What They Looked Like As Everybody Had Done Before Him, Turned His Attention To Noting What Took Place On His Own Retina (as An Oculist Would Test His Own Vision).

A Portrait Is A Picture In Which There Is Just A Tiny Little Something Not Quite Right About The Mouth.

A Person With Normal Eyesight Would Have Nothing To Know In The Way Of 'impressionism' Unless He Were In A Blinding Light Or In The Dusk Or Dark.

I Do Not Judge, I Only Chronicle.

Cultivate An Ever-continuous Power Of Observation. Wherever You Are, Be Always Ready To Make Slight Notes Of Postures, Groups And Incidents.