Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint.
The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.
Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable.
Painting is by nature a luminous language.
I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them.
Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.