Nature Is The Best Instructor.

All Pictures Painted Inside In The Studio Will Never Be As Good As The Things Done Outside.

My Nervous System Is Enfeebled, Only Work In Oils Can Sustain Me.

I Could Paint For A Hundred Years, A Thousand Years Without Stopping And I Would Still Feel As Though I Knew Nothing.

Michelangelo Is A Constructor, And Rafael An Artist Who, Great As He Is, Is Always Limited By The Model. When He Tries To Be Thoughtful He Falls Below The Niveau Of His Great Rival.

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