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.

I would kiss you, had I the courage.

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

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.

The latest fashion… is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what matters most.

The principal person in a picture is light.

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.