Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.

A good drawing has immense vitality because it is explanatory. In a good drawing even its faults have become virtues.

Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.

...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am not observed at it.

The important thing is to keep on drawing when you start to paint. Never graduate from drawing.