Paul Gabriël

"Although I can look a bit grumpy myself, I love it when the sun shines in the water, but besides that I think my country is colored and what I particularly noticed when I came from abroad: our country…"

"Oh, for that matter you must look carefully how in every region of our country the map looks completely different. Not only the pastures have different shades, but the cows are different, yes even the…"

"images of paintings and drawings by Paul Gabriël, in the RijksStudio of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam"

"..keep working quietly and have faith in what I tell you, never ask how someone else did it or is doing, try to understand nature, observe everything, try to learn to see and find your easiest way to …"

"..that one is from my early times; I don't make them that way anymore; look how the thing is painted..; and those days my teachers told me that nothing would come of me in this way. What kind of folks…"

"Well, go upstairs, you know the way; are you going to take a look? At the moment you will not find many special things, but you find always something; and then we have another chat, anyway. Go ahead, …"

"Amice, be so good, if it is not too late, to scrape the title 'l'Aprês-Midi' and simply put on it 'Paysage', for the simple reason.. ..because I chose the moment that the sun starts to color and becau…"

"..for throwing in three curses and a sigh - forgive me that corny expression - impressions and transient effects on the canvas. Observe especially the hue of every occurring moment."