One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.
In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.
I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.
A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.