Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.
All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.
There is no art without contemplation.
When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.