Those who cannot begin do not finish.

The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.

When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.

To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.

Finished persons are very common - people who are closed up, quite satisfied that there is little more to learn

Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke.

I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort, for he believed the spirit's safety was in negation, but he has never given the world one minute's joy or produced one symbol of the beautiful order of nature. He sought peace in bondage and his spirit became a prisoner.