In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

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

One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.

With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.

Be a good craftsman; it won't stop you from being a genius.

In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

The pain passes, but the beauty remains.