The Air We See In The Paintings

Art' Is The Same Word As 'artifice,' That Is To Say, Something Deceitful. It Must Succeed In Giving The Impression Of Nature By False Means.

It's Easy To Have Talent At 20 But What Is Difficult Is To Have Talent At 50.

Make People's Portraits In Familiar And Typical Attitudes.

Boredom Soon Overcomes Me When I Am Contemplating Nature.

You Have To Have A High Conception, Not Of What You Are Doing, But Of What You May Do One Day: Without That, There's No Point In Working.