Camille Pissarro Quotes
Camille Pissarro Quotes
- 1
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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- 2
Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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- 3
Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.
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- 4
God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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- 5
I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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- 6
I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
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- 7
I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!
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- 8
It is absurd to look for perfection.
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- 9
It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.
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- 10
Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.
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- 11
Paint the essential character of things.
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- 12
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.
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