It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue in order to the lightest value. From the darkest to the lightest I would establish twenty shades... Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot More Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot More Quotes From Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able to devote myself entirely to what I loved best in the world. I had never suffered poverty; I had good parents and excellent friends; I can only thank God. Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot tree years art