Did Not The Artists Of The Great

One Must, Of Course, Have One's Entire Experience Behind One And Not Have Lost The Freshness Of Instinct.

The Chief Function Of Color Should Be To Serve Expression As Well As Possible.

Slowly I Discovered The Secret Of My Art. It Consists Of A Meditation On Nature, On The Expression Of A Dream Which Is Always Inspired By Reality. With More Involvement And Regularity, I Learned To Push Each Study In A Certain Direction. Little By Little The Notion That Painting Is A Means Of Expression Asserted Itself, And That One Can Express The Same Thing In Several Ways. Exactitude Is Not Truth, Delacroix Liked To Say.

I Dream Of An Art Of Balance, Of Quietness, Something Analogous To A Good Armchair.

Impressionism Is The Newspaper Of The Soul.