"I have learned from experience that it is useful to begin by drawing one's picture clearly on a virgin canvas, first …"

"The first two things to study are form and values. For me, these are the bases of what is serious art. Color and fini…"

"I am staying on in Geneva, this charming city. With each step I discover delightful motives. How pleasant it is to wo…"

"My spirits.. ..now lean towards sadness and melancholy. I too am beginning to feel my age. Then, as one moves on in l…"

"I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the general chara…"

"Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error; so listen to the advice of others, but foll…"

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

"You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise;…"

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

"My travelling companion [= Corot] has just abandoned me. He's a perfect Father Joy, this Father Corot. He is altogeth…"