What is to be done about these literary people, who will never understand that painting is a craft and that the material side comes first? The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished.

It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.

Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.

Give up isn't going to helpKeep going on will help

A good river is nature's life work in song.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.

The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance.

Nothing is so catching as example.

He [the Statist] is unmoved by reason, evidence, and history.

So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school.

Motivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others.