"I have told him nothing , but what I have always thought: the more of us there are, the less originality we will have, and the day when everyone this technique, it will no longer have any value and people will look for something new as is already happening.. .It is my right to think this and to say it, since I paint in this way , only to find a new approach which is my own."

“John Rewald: GEORGES SEURAT, complete monograph in pdf; on Archive”

“Rood was in my possession the day after the appearance of Philippe Gille's book review, published by 'Le Figaro', 1881 . I abandon earth colors from 82 to 1884. On Pissarro's advice I stop using emerald green”

“..the flag is green with a red spot in the center; above, the blue of the sky, the orange-tinted white of the walls, and the orange-grey of the clouds.”

“The means of expression is the optical mixture of tones, of tints , that is, of the lights and of their reactions following the laws of contrast, of gradation, of irradiation.”

“They see poetry in what I have done. No, I apply my method and that is all there is to it.”

“In conclusion I am going to give you the aesthetic and technical note that concludes Mr. Christophe's piece and which originated with me; I am modifying it a little, not having been well understood by the printer.”