There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, although it may not be immediately apparent. When a painter discovers this hidden treasure, other people are immediately struck by its beauty.

An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.

I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.

There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.

One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.

Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.

When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.