The artist does not draw what he sees, but what he has to make others see.

There is a kind of success that is indistinguishable from panic.

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.

Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.

There is no such thing as Intelligence; one has intelligence of this or that. One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.

He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

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