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.

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

Better gray than garishness.

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

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

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