Camille Pissarro

"I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely."

"I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!"

"Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes."