It's with my brush that I make love.
There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.
I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.
You come to nature with all her theories, and she knocks them all flat.
When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible