The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.
One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.
I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts.
One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
Regularity, order, desire for perfection destroy art. Irregularity is the basis of all art.
Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.
There are some things in painting which cannot be explained, and that something is essential.
Nothing costs so little, goes so far, and accomplishes so much as a single act of merciful service.
I like a painting which makes me want to stroll in it.
The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away. It is the means by which the artist conveys his passion; it is the current which he puts forth which sweeps you along in his passion.
When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
Photography freed painting from a lot of tiresome chores, starting with family portraits.
I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.
The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.
You don't talk about paintings, you look at them.
Everybody has their reasons.
The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest.
There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.
An artist must eat sparingly and give up a normal way of life.
White does not exist in nature.
A painter who has the feel of breasts and buttocks is saved.
I've never let one day go by without painting, or at least without drawing.
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