I Too Am A Government.

Without Trying To Clear Up The Degree Of Correctness Of A Qualification Which No One, One Must Hope, Will Be Asked To Understand Exactly, I Will Limit Myself To A Few Words Of Explanation To Cut Short Any Misunderstandings.

To Be Able To Translate The Customs, Ideas And Appearance Of My Times As I See Them - In A Word, To Create A Living Art - This Has Been My Aim.

Beauty Lies In Nature And Reveals, Once The Artist Has Perceived It, Its Own Expressive Power.

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.

I Am Not One Who Was Born In The Custody Of Wisdom; I Am One Who Is Fond Of Olden Times And Intense In Quest Of The Sacred Knowing Of The Ancients.