Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.