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

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

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

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.

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

Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.