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

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.

I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.

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

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

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

I look at a nude. There are myriads of tiny tints. I must find the ones that will make the flesh on my canvas live and quiver.