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.
I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.
Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.
Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
