A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

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.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

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

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

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

There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.