Art is vice. One does not wed it, one rapes it.
Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.
If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.
Work a great deal at evening effects, lamplight, candlelight, etc. The intriguing thing is not to show the source of the light but the effect of the lighting.
C'est vrai. Voilรก quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).
Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience. But my women are simple, honest creatures who are concerned with nothing beyond their physical occupations... it is as if you were looking through a keyhole.