When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

When you first commence painting everything is a muddle. Even the commonest colors seem to have the devil in them.

Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.

No man, and least of all myself, could ever disentangle the feelings that animated him.

How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!