Never have a club in your bag that you're afraid to hit.
Ninety per cent of the theory of Impressionist painting is in. . . Ruskin's Elements.
My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
I know that to paint the sea really well, you need to look at it every hour of every day in the same place so that you can understand its way in that particular spot; and that is why I am working on the same motifs over and over again, four or six times even.
I had so much fire in me and so many plans.
Lots of people will protest that it's quite unreal and that I'm out of my mind, but that's just too bad
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
I love animals, but I don't really like riding animals. Like, I don't love being on a horse - it's just not my thing.
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.
Human beings are the only creatures who have the ability to write down their goals and design their future. And here is why most of us don't. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present.
I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.