Beauty, Like Truth, Is Relative

I Hope To Live All My Life For My Art, Without Abandoning My Principles One Iota, Without . . . Having Painted As Much As You Can Cover With Your Hand, To Please Somebody Or In Order To Sell The Picture More Easily.

Painting Is The Representation Of Visible Forms. The Essence Of Realism Is Its Negation Of The Ideal.

Fine Art Is Knowledge Made Visible.

Art Is A Wholly Physical Language Whose Words Are All The Visible Objects.

The Principle Of Realism Means Denial Of The Ideal.