Author: Camille Pissarro

Quotes

Paint the essential character of things.

Paint the essential character of things.

- Camille Pissarro

Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.

Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.

- Camille Pissarro

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

- Camille Pissarro

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

- Camille Pissarro

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

- Camille Pissarro

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.

I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.

- Camille Pissarro

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!

- Camille Pissarro

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