Make People's Portraits In Familiar

Be Sure To Give The Same Expression To A Person's Face That You Give To His Body.

These Women Of Mine Are Decent, Simple Human Beings Who Have No Other Concern Than That Of Their Physical Condition... It Is As Though One Were Watching Through A Keyhole.

I'll Buy A Bottle For Anyone Who Can Tell Me What Makes A Picture Beautiful!

Art Is Vice. One Does Not Wed It, One Rapes It.

My Art, What Do You Want To Say About It? Do You Think You Can Explain The Merits Of A Picture To Those Who Do Not See Them? . . . I Can Find The Best And Clearest Words To Explain My Meaning, And I Have Spoken To The Most Intelligent People About Art, And They Have Not Understood; But Among People Who Understand, Words Are Not Necessary, You Say Humph, He, Ha And Everything Has Been Said.