Impressionism Quote by Michael McClure

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

— Henri Matisse

I don't really consider myself an impressionist.

— Rachel Dratch

I don't even consider myself an impressionist, really

— Will Ferrell

I am not an impressionist.

— Chris Redd

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than…

— Claude Monet

The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.

— Childe Hassam

A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in…

— John Singer Sargent

I was never really an impressionist. If there was somebody within my range, maybe I could work on it and do a little exaggeration…

— Kevin Nealon

Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever…

— Joseph Plaskett

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

— Paul Cezanne

It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art…

— Childe Hassam