Would Not It Be Best To Leave

When I Started To Paint I Felt Transported Into A Kind Of Paradise... In Everyday Life I Was Usually Bored And Vexed... Starting To Paint I Felt Gloriously Free.

Expression For Me Does Not Reside In Passions Glowing In A Human Face Or Manifested By Violent Movement. The Entire Arrangement Of My Picture Is Expressive; The Place Occupied By My Figures, The Empty Space Around Them, The Proportions, Everything Has Its Share.

You Must Forget All Your Theories, All Your Ideas Before The Subject. What Part Of These Is Really Your Own Will Be Expressed In Your Expression Of The Emotion Awakened In You By The Subject.

Composition Is The Art Of Arranging In A Decorative Manner The Various Elements Which The Painter Uses To Express His Sentiments. In A Picture Every Separate Part Will Be Visible And... Everything Which Has No Utility In The Picture Is For That Reason Harmful.

A Work Should Contain Its Total Meaning Within Itself And Should Impress It On The Spectator Before He Even Knows The Subject.