Paint The Essential Character Of Things.

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

But As I See It, The Most Corrupt Art Is The Sentimental The Art Of Orange Blossoms Which Make Pale Women Swoon.

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 Regard It As A Waste Of Time To Think Only Of Selling: One Forgets One's Art And Exaggerates One's Value.

Blessed Are They Who See Beautiful Things In Humble Places Where Other People See Nothing.