Raoul Dufy

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.

France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.