My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.
It's with my brush that I make love.
It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.
A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.