7+ Alfred Sisley Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Alfred Sisley quotes and sayings.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love. — Alfred Sisley

I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature. — Alfred Sisley

The motif must always be set down in a simple way, easily grasped and understood by the beholder. By the elimination of superfluous detail, the spectator should be led along the road that the artist indicates to him, and from the first be made to notice what the artist has felt. — Alfred Sisley

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting. — Alfred Sisley

To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had a strong feeling for nature. — Alfred Sisley

Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder the sensation which possessed the artist. — Alfred Sisley

I always start a painting with the sky. — Alfred Sisley