There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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.
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.
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.
A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges our vision, perception, and there's great value in that.
The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.
A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.
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.
A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.