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The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.
Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.
The word 'impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted.
I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.
I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.
These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.
Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.