I just keep painting till I feel like pinching. Then I know it's right.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.

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.

Go and see what others have produced, but never copy anything except nature. You would be trying to enter into a temperament that is not yours and nothing that you would do would have any character.

You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.

My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.