I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think of no more real life than the adventurous one of living and liking and exclaiming the things of one's own time.
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.
Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.
It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.