A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.

These women of mine are decent, simple human beings who have no other concern than that of their physical condition... it is as though one were watching through a keyhole.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

The fascinating thing, is not to show the source of light, but the effect of light.

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.

The true traveler never arrives.