We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.

In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.

If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.

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

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.

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

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.