All The Sorrow, All The Bitterness, All

It Is Absurd To Look For Perfection.

Don't Be Afraid Of Putting On Color, Refine The Work Little By Little.

At Fifty, That Is In 1880, I Formulated The Idea Of Unity, Without Being Able To Render It. At Sixty, I Am Beginning To See The Possibility Of Rendering It.

Watercolour Is Not Especially Difficult, But I Must Warn You To Steer Clear Of Those Pretty English Watercolourists, So Skilful And Alas So Weak, And So Often Too Truthful.

It Does Not Astonish Me That The Critics In London Relegate Me To The Lowest Rank. Alas! I Fear That They Are Only Too Justified!