I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.

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

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible

If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary effects; he does not try to compose, and soon he gets monotonous.

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

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