You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!

It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

You must always remain master of the situation and do what you please. No school tasks, ah, no! no tasks!

Above all, keep your colors fresh!

In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.

Black is not a color.

You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.