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.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

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.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.