Paintings have to be done in one clear gesture. Think about the surface that you're...

Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings have to be done in one clear gesture. Paul Gauguin: Think about the surface that you're painting on and how the paint will sit on it. You're changing things so fast, you can't even see what you've done. Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings have to be painted fast. [We see Vincent in an art gallery as he names a number of master painters] Vincent Van Gogh: The painters I like all paint fast in one clear gesture, each stroke. You've heard of a stroke of genius? Well, that's what it means. Paul Gauguin: You don't even paint that way. You paint fast and you overpaint. Your surface looks like it's made out of clay. It's more like sculpture than painting.

Paintings have to be done in one clear gesture. Think about the surface that you're painting on and how the paint will sit on it. You're changing things so fast, you can't even see what you've done. Paintings have to be painted fast. The painters I look at... Frans Hals, Goya, Velazquez, Veronese, Delacroix.