“Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great.”
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There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.
In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.