Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

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.

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.

If I could have had my own way, I would have confined myself to black and white.

There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

The frame is the pimp of painting; it enhances it, but it must never shine at the painting's expense.

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.