The Principle Of Realism Means Denial Of

Painting Is An Essentially Concrete Art And Can Only Consist Of The Representation Of Real And Existing Things. It Is A Completely Physical Language, The Words Of Which Consist Of All Visible Objects. An Object Which Is Abstract, Not Visible, Non-existent, Is Not Within The Realm Of Painting.

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

I Hope To Live All My Life For My Art, Without Abandoning My Principles One Iota.

Painting Is The Representation Of Visible Forms. The Essence Of Realism Is Its Negation Of The Ideal.

I Deny That Art Can Be Taught, Or, In Other Words, Maintain That Art Is Completely Individual, And That The Talent Of Each Artist Is But The Result Of His Own Inspiration And His Own Study Of Past Tradition.