Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.

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

You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

I have never painted a recent picture.