There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.
What is certain is that setting a piece of nature in place and drawing it are two very different things.
A picture is first of all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy.
I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.
Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.
People call me the painter of dancing girls. It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement and painting pretty clothes.