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

Draw lines - draw a lot of lines

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.

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.

Better gray than garishness.

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