How beautiful an old woman's skin is! All those wrinkles!
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.
Strain your brain more than your eye... You can copy a thing to a certain limit. Then you must use intellect.
I taught in the Academy from the opening of the schools until I was turned out, a period much longer than I should have permitted myself to remain there. My honors are misunderstanding, persecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.