I Would Like To Be Famous But

The Museums Are Here To Teach The History Of Art And Something More As Well, For, If They Stimulate In The Weak A Desire To Imitate, They Furnish The Strong With The Means Of Their Emancipation.

Art Critic! Is That A Profession? When I Think We Are Stupid Enough, We Painters, To Solicit Those People's Compliments And To Put Ourselves Into Their Hands! What Shame! Should We Even Accept That They Talk About Our Work?

Make People's Portraits In Familiar And Typical Attitudes.

If Painting Weren't So Difficult, It Wouldn't Be Fun.

The Frame Is The Reward Of The Artist.