So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.

Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body.

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

Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals, better than does painting, his true personality.

My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them? . . . I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said.

What a horrible thing yellow is.

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