Exactitude Is Not Truth.

Slowly I Discovered The Secret Of My Art. It Consists Of A Meditation On Nature, On The Expression Of A Dream Which Is Always Inspired By Reality. With More Involvement And Regularity, I Learned To Push Each Study In A Certain Direction. Little By Little The Notion That Painting Is A Means Of Expression Asserted Itself, And That One Can Express The Same Thing In Several Ways. Exactitude Is Not Truth, Delacroix Liked To Say.

Exactitude Is Not Truth.

The Portrait Is One Of The Most Curious Art Forms. It Demands Special Qualities In The Artist, And An Almost Total Kinship With The Model.

Art Should Be Something Like A Good Armchair In Which To Rest From Physical Fatigue.

Hatred Is A Parasite That Devours All. One Doesn't Build Upon Hatred, But Upon Love.