A Painting Requires A Little Mystery, Some

C'est Vrai. Voilá Quelqu'un Qui Sent Comme Moi. (it Is True. There Is Someone Who Feels As I Do).

If I Were In The Government I Would Have A Brigade Of Policemen Assigned To Keeping An Eye On People Who Paint Landscapes Outdoors. Oh, I Wouldn't Want Anyone Killed. I'd Be Satisfied With Just A Little Buckshot To Begin With.

A Picture Is First Of All A Product Of The Artist's Imagination, It Must Never Be A Copy.

A Picture Is An Artificial Work, Outside Nature. It Calls For As Much Cunning As The Commission Of A Crime.

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.