I should like to be famous and unknown.

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

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches from nature, of course it doesn't spoil anything.

What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things.

Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.

The frame is the reward of the artist.