The Air You Breathe In A Picture

Even In Front Of Nature One Must Compose.

I Put It [picture "a Still Life Of A Pear" By Edouard Manet] There [on The Wall, Next To The Picture "jupiter And Thetis" By Jean-auguste-dominique Ingres], For A Pear Like That Would Overthrow Any God.

The Air We See In The Paintings Of The Old Masters Is Never The Air We Breathe.

Work A Great Deal At Evening Effects, Lamplight, Candlelight, Etc. The Intriguing Thing Is Not To Show The Source Of The Light But The Effect Of The Lighting.

Painting Is Easy When You Don't Know How, But Very Difficult When You Do.