You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow.
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.