"Nature is richer than I represent it.. .Nature is so beautiful that when I am not tortured by poverty I am tortured b…"

"I do not like this place [ Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a small fishing-village on the Spanish border]. I find it arid and drie…"

"Beauty in art is truth bathed in an impression received from nature. I am struck upon seeing a certain place. While I…"

"I am looking for a truly alpine place, preferably above 1000 meters, a site where one can live discreetly without nui…"

"I have another painting finished, a view near Rotterdam, and then another in process, and very far along. I made them…"

"To swim in the open sky. To achieve the tenderness of clouds. To suspend these masses in the distance, very far away …"

"I am settled in France, and as for the rest of my history as a painter, it is bound up with the impressionistic group."

"The whole landscape lies behind the transparent gauze of the fog that now rises, drawn upwards by the sun, and as it …"

"With him [Johan Jongkind] all lies in impression."

"Lighten your palette.. [remark to the younger [ Paul Cezanne circa 1873, to encourage him to start using bright color…"