Don't Be Afraid Of Putting On Color,

It Is The Brushwork Of The Right Value And Color Which Should Produce The Drawing.

I Regard It As A Waste Of Time To Think Only Of Selling: One Forgets One's Art And Exaggerates One's Value.

But As I See It, The Most Corrupt Art Is The Sentimental The Art Of Orange Blossoms Which Make Pale Women Swoon.

Painting, Art In General, Enchants Me. It Is My Life. What Else Matters? When You Put All Your Soul Into A Work, All That Is Noble In You, You Cannot Fail To Find A Kindred Soul Who Understands You, And You Do Not Need A Host Of Such Spirits. Is Not That All An Artist Should Wish For?

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!