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I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error.

Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before his eyes!

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.