One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

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.

There are quite enough unpleasant things in life without the need to manufacture more.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

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

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.