The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.

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

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.

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

The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.

Everybody has their reasons.

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.