Another Word For Creativity Is Courage.

I Never Retouch A Sketch: I Take A Canvas The Same Size, As I May Change The Composition Somewhat. But I Always Strive To Give The Same Feeling, While Carrying It On Further.

Photographs Will Always Be Impressive Because They Show Us Nature, And All Artists Will Find In Them A World Of Sensations. The Photographer Must Therefore Intervene As Little As Possible, So As Not To Cause Photography To Lose The Objective Charm Which It Naturally Possesses, Notwithstanding Its Defects.

The Essential Thing Is To Spring Forth, To Express The Bolt Of Lightning One Senses Upon Contact With A Thing. The Function Of The Artist Is Not To Translate An Observation But To Express The Shock Of The Object On His Nature; The Shock, With The Original Reaction.

To Arrive Is To Be In Prison.

A Distinction Is Made Between Artists Who Work Directly From Nature And Those Who Work Purely From Imagination. Neither If These Methods Should Be Preferred To The Exclusion Of The Other. Often Both Are Used In Turn By The Same Man.