I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical. Then the child blows the bubble up very softly, until he is afraid that it will… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome. — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron - the last reflection of… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them. — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
In preparing a study or a picture, it seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values... and to… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven. — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Copy Share Image
