Nature Is The Best Instructor.

It's So Fine And Yet So Terrible To Stand In Front Of A Blank Canvas.

Art Is A Harmony Parallel With Nature.

The Clear French Landscape Is As Pure As A Verse Of Racine.

The Louvre Is The Book In Which We Learn To Read. We Must Not, However, Be Satisfied With Retaining The Beautiful Formulas Of Our Illustrious Predecessors. Let Us Go Forth To Study Beautiful Nature, Let Us Try To Free Our Mids From Them, Let Us Strive To Express Ourselves According To Our Personal Temperaments. Time And Reflection, Moreover, Little By Little Modify Our Vision, And At Last Comprehension Comes To Us.

Two Sittings A Day Of My Models And I'm Totally Exhausted.