The sublime is to approach the subject or wall with an attitude that is grand, noble, and in no way petty.. - Maurice Denis

Think of late paintings where Christ is the central figure.. .Remember the large mosaics of Rome. Reconcile the employment of large-scale decorative means and the direct emotions of nature.

I believe that art should sanctify nature.

The common error of us all [in late Impressionism] was to search above all for the light. It would have been better first to search for the Kingdom of God and his justice, that is to say for the expression of our spirit in beauty, and the rest would have arrived naturally.