My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.
The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.
Enthusiasm for one's goal lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it.
When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.
How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!
I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery must be removed.