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

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

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

There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.

There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.

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

I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live and quiver.