It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.

Drawing is the probity of art. To draw does not mean simply to reproduce contours; drawing does not consist merely of line: drawing is also expression, the inner form, the plane, the modeling. See what remains after that.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

Draw lines - draw a lot of lines

Better gray than garishness.