I Paint As If I Were Rothschild.

Whoever The Master Is Whom You Prefer, This Must Only Be A Directive For You. Otherwise You Will Never Be Anything But An Imitator.

Nature Is The Best Instructor.

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

There Are Two Things In The Painter, The Eye And The Mind; Each Of Them Should Aid The Other.

Here On The Edge Of The River, The Motifs Are Very Plentiful, The Same Subject Seen From A Different Angle Gives A Subject For Study Of The Highest Interest And So Varied That I Think I Could Be Occupied For Months Without Changing My Place, Simply Bending A Little More To The Right Or Left.