I Am The Primitive Of

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

The Louvre Is The Book In Which We Learn To Read.

Keep Good Company - That Is, Go To The Louvre.

The Transposition That A Painter Makes With An Original Vision Gives To The Representation Of Nature A New Interest.

Personally I Would Like To Have Pupils, A Studio, Pass On My Love To Them, Work With Them, Without Teaching Them Anything.. ..a Convent, A Monastery, A Phalanstery Of Painting Where One Could Train Together.. ..but No Programme, No Instruction In Painting.. ..drawing Is Still Alright, It Doesn't Count, But Painting - The Way To Learn Is To Look At The Masters, Above All At Nature, And To Watch Other People Painting.