Those trying to explain pictures are as a rule completely mistaken.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

Good taste is the enemy of creativity.

All children paint like geniuses. What do we do to them that so quickly dulls this ability?

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.

How often have I found that wanting to use blue, I didn't have it so I used a red instead of the blue.

We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.