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

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

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

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.

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.

I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to draw.