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

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

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.

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

I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.

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

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