If one truly loves nature one finds beauty everywhere.
And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can't go.
I am no friend of present-day Christianity, though its Founder was sublime.
Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.
Do not become the slave of your model.
Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing as fine for putting an atmosphere round things. Carmine is the red of wine and is warm and lively like wine. The same goes for emerald green too. It's false economy to dispense with them, with those colors. Cadmium as well.