The simplest subjects are the immortal ones.

The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible

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

What is to be done about these literary people, who will never understand that painting is a craft and that the material side comes first? The ideas come afterwards, when the picture is finished.

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

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

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.