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

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.

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 work of art must seize upon you...carry you away."

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.

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

A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.