I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools. . . I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere.
One thing I've very quickly learned is that if you wake up every morning worrying about what's in the press, you would go completely and utterly potty.
Justice, not the majority, should rule.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.