Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.

And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.