Pleasure Must Be Found In Study.

My Nervous System Is Enfeebled, Only Work In Oils Can Sustain Me.

The Louvre Is A Good Book To Consult, But It Must Only Be An Intermediary. The Real And Immense Study That Must Be Taken Up Is The Manifold Picture Of Nature.

Monet Is Only An Eye, But My God, What An Eye!

Art First Of All Is Optical. That's Where The Material Of Our Art Is: In What Our Eyes Think.

I Have Nothing To Hide In Art. The Initial Force Alone Can Bring Anyone To The End He Must Attain.