The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body itself.

The function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body itself.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool?

Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.