In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.

All critics should be assassinated.

I have never painted a recent picture.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.