People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself.

I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.

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.

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.

Taste! It doesn't exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it.

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.