Everybody has their reasons.

I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.

Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.

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

My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.

I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.