“Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science" Seurat
"Go to the country--the muse is in the woods" Corot
Art is nature as seen through a temperament
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal
Paint the essential character of things
The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn't make pointillism pointless
The point of departure must always be a vision of the truth. The eye is the route of the soul, and the pencil or brush must sincerely and naïvely reproduce what it sees
Impressionism has produced not only a new, but a very useful way of looking at things. It is as though all at once a window opens and the sun and air enter your house in torrents
Real painters understand with a brush in their hand
The first sight of Degas' pictures was the turning point of my artistic life
