People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.

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.

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

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

It's with my brush that I make love.

Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.

There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.