The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects as are in front of it.
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.
There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
There does not exist a painter who knows himself or knows what he is doing.
To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.
I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.
Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind.
Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.
The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.