Every Picture Shows A Spot With Which

Every Picture Shows A Spot With Which The Artist Has Fallen In Love.

The Motif Must Always Be Set Down In A Simple Way, Easily Grasped And Understood By The Beholder. By The Elimination Of Superfluous Detail, The Spectator Should Be Led Along The Road That The Artist Indicates To Him, And From The First Be Made To Notice What The Artist Has Felt.

I Like All Those Painters Who Loved And Had A Strong Feeling For Nature.

The Animation Of The Canvas Is One Of The Hardest Problems Of Painting.

To Mention Only Contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet Are Masters. And Finally [i Like] All Those [painters] Who Loved And Had A Strong Feeling For Nature.