We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill.

Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them.

The world is divided into two classes - invalids and nurses.

If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.

People will forgive anything but beauty and talent. So I am doubly unpardonable.

I always ask at once, 'Do you drink?' and if she says 'No,' I bow politely and say I am sorry but I fear she will not suit. All good cooks drink.