Every now and then one paints a picture that seems to have opened a door and serves as a stepping stone to other things.

If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse... but surely you will see the wildness!

They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never.

Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might as well be twenty.

Whether he wants it or not, man is the instrument of nature; she imposes on him character and appearance.

We have learned nothing.

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.