The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see.
One does not marry art. One ravishes it.
Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.
I'll buy a bottle for anyone who can tell me what makes a picture beautiful!
C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).
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.