I Owe You The Truth

Everything In Nature Takes Its Form From The Sphere, The Cone And The Cylinder.

I Lack The Magnificent Richness Of Color That Animates Nature.

The Approbation Of Others Is A Stimulus Of Which One Must Sometimes Be Wary. The Feeling Of One's Own Strength Makes One Modest.

It Is Impossible For Emotion Not To Come On Us In Thinking Of That Time Now Flowed Away.

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.