About Raoul Dufy: Raoul Dufy is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, Scenic designer, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces.
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.
France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.
American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.
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.
