Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.

A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.

The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.

All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.

Let a man of genius make use [of photography] as it should be used, and he will raise himself to a height that we do not know.

The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.