The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art. 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