An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.
The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.
In a few generations you can breed a racehorse. The recipe for making a man like Delacroix is less well known.