Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.
Drawing is the honesty of art.
It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.
Better gray than garishness.
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.
A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.