Camille Pissarro

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”

“It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover, to your surprise, that you have rendered something in its true character.”

“Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.”

“Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.”

“Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.”

“It is absurd to look for perfection.”

“When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your master.”

“Paint the essential character of things.”

“Cover the canvas at the first go, then work on it until you can see nothing more to add.”

“I am for the young, for the ruthless, for the independents, for the Impressionists, against the Salons, the bourgeois, the jury, the honors, the false positions.”

“The subject must be observed more for shape and color than for drawing.”

“Leave to the future the job of putting us in our place, the last word is not yet said.”