I Am Progressing Very Slowly, For Nature

I Have Sworn To Die Painting.

We Must Not Be Content To Memorize The Beautiful Formulas Of Our Illustrious Predecessors. Let Us Go Out And Study Beautiful Nature.

Studying The Model And Realizing It Is Sometimes Very Slow In Coming For The Artist.

If Isolation Tempers The Strong, It Is The Stumbling-block Of The Uncertain.

Everything Vanishes, Falls Apart, Doesn't It? Nature Is Always The Same But Nothing In Her That Appears To Us Lasts. Our Art Must Render The Thrill Of Her Permanence, Along With Her Elements, The Appearance Of All Her Changes. It Must Give Us A Taste Of Her Eternity.