The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.

I have studied the art of the masters and the art of the moderns, avoiding any preconceived system and without prejudice.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.