The Principle Of Realism Means Denial Of

Art Is A Wholly Physical Language Whose Words Are All The Visible Objects.

I Have Studied The Art Of The Masters And The Art Of The Moderns, Avoiding Any Preconceived System And Without Prejudice. I Have No More Wanted To Imitate The Former Than To Copy The Latter; Nor Have I Thought Of Achieving The Idle Aim Of Art For Art's Sake.

Beauty, Like Truth, Is Relative To The Time When One Lives And To The Individual Who Can Grasp It.

I Hope Always To Earn My Living By My Art Without Having Ever Deviated By Even A Hair's Breadth From My Principles... To Please Anyone Or To Sell More Easily.

Titles Have Never Given A Just Idea Of Things; Were It Otherwise, The Work Would Be Superfluous.