Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.