To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace
Seek only light and freedom and do not immerse yourself too deeply in the worldly mire.
There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
Painting demands an intelligent model.
Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
Spring is the fresh green of young corn and the pink blush of blossoms. Autumn contrasts the yellowed foilage with violet hues. Winter is the white of snow against its black forms ... Summer is the contrast of blues and the golden bronze of the corn.