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

There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain and dull perseverance. Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it.

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

Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

Educate yourself. Don't let me educate you

Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.