I Work At My Garden All The

I Despise The Opinion Of The Press And The So-called Critics.

Ninety Per Cent Of The Theory Of Impressionist Painting Is In . . . Ruskin's Elements.

I'm Working Hard With More Determination Than Ever. My Success At The Salon Led To My Selling Several Paintings And Since Your Absence I Have Made 800 Francs; I Hope, When I Have Contracts With More Dealers, It Will Be Better Still.

I've Always Refused Requests Even From Friends To Employ A Technique I Know Nothing About.

As For Myself, I Met With As Much Success As I Ever Could Have Wanted. In Other Words, I Was Enthusiastically Run-down By Every Critic Of The Period.