When you are painting you should take a flat mirror and often look at your work within it, and it will then be seen in reverse, and will appear to be by the hand of some other master, and you will be better able to judge of its faults than in any other way.

Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

I love those who can smile in trouble.

Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

All our knowledge originates in opinion.