Quotes About Observation

You can learn good manners from those who don't have any.

You know your child is growing up when he starts looking at girls the same way he used to look at dessert.

Your eye is the only way you can judge things.

Comprehend and copy nature

Increase in the wealth per capita fosters democracy; but the latter, at least according to what we have been able to observe up to now, entails great destruction of wealth and even eventually dries up the sources of it. Hence it is its own grave-digger, it destroys what gave it birth.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

I would sooner paint people's eyes than cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is lacking in a cathedral - however solemn and impressive it may be. To my mind a man's soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a streetwalker, is more interesting.

The cure for him would be to take a good long look at some potato plants, which have lately had such a deep and distinctive colour and tone, instead of driving himself mad looking at pieces of yellow satin and gold leather.

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

It's not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Do go on doing a lot of walking and keep up your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better and better. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see. And there are painters who never do anything that is no good...

Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.

AÈ™a stau lucrurile, dar oare ce se petrece înl?untrul nostru se vede È™i din afar?? Un om poart? în suflet un foc imens È™i nimeni nu vine niciodat? s? se înc?lzeasc? la el, iar trec?torii nu desluÈ™esc decât un firicel de fum, sus la gura hornului, È™i-È™i caut? mai departe de drum.

Painters understand nature & love her & teach us to see.

Quanta beleza na arte, desde que possamos reter o que vimos. Jamais ficamos então deserdados, nem verdadeiramente solitários, jamais sós

mas sei muito bem como fiquei impressionado pela harmonia de verde, vermelho, preto, amarelo, azul, castanho, cinza.

mas no entanto vejo na minha obra um eco do que me impressionou, vejo que a natureza me contou algo, falou comigo, e que eu anotei isto em estenografia.

I prefer painting people's eyes to cathedrals, for there is something in the eyes that is not in the cathedral, however solemn and imposing the latter may be — a human soul, be it that of a poor beggar or of a street walker, is more interesting to me.

Não é tanto a língua dos pintores, mas a língua da natureza à qual é preciso dar ouvidos.

O mesmo acontece com os homens, camponeses e mulheres; não é sempre que eles são interessantes, mas, quando se é paciente com eles, vemos tudo o que essas pessoas têm de Millet.

Admire as much as you can; most people do not admire enough.

Acho que isto se deve ao fato de que, antes de começar a pintar, desenhei e estudei perspectiva o tempo necessário para poder compor um assunto que eu visse.

Millet nos legou a síntese do camponês e hoje, sim, temos Lhermitte, claro, há ainda alguns outros, Meunier... mas aprendemos hoje mais geralmente a ver os camponeses? Não, quase ninguém sabe produzir um.

In Antwerp I did not even know what the impressionists were, now I have seen them and though not being one of the club yet I have much admired certain