We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.
Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.
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.