“He has no talent at all, that boy! You, who are his friend, tell him, please, to give up painting.--Manet to Monet, on Renoir---”

“It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.”

“I would kiss you, had I the courage.”

“You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.”

“The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.”

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

“I have no idea how to be an artist and a lover, so I chose the one most likely to make me happy when I'm eighty and gazing back on a long and productive life.”

“Artists strive to free this true and spontaneous self in their work. Creativity, meditation are ways of freeing an inner voice.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”