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.

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

Be sure to give the same expression to a person's face that you give to his body.

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

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

I really have a lot of stuff in my head; if only there were insurance companies for that as there are for so many things.

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.