Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.

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.

An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.

Everybody has their reasons.

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

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.

It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.